Psalms 89 — UBES

89Verse 1A Prayer of Moses the man of God.Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
^{Verse 2}Before the mountains existed,
And before the earth and the world were formed,
Even from age to age, thou art.
^{Verse 3}Turn not man back to his low place,
Whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
^{Verse 4}For a thousand years in thy sight are
As the yesterday which is past,
And as a watch in the night.
^{Verse 5}Years shall be vanity to them:
Let the morning pass away as grass.
^{Verse 6}In the morning let it flower, and pass away:
In the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
^{Verse 7}For we have perished in thine anger,
And in thy wrath we have been troubled.
^{Verse 8}Thou hast set our transgressions before thee:
Our age is in the light of thy countenance.
^{Verse 9}For all our days are gone,
And we have passed away in thy wrath:
Our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
^{Verse 10}As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years;
And if men should be in strength, eighty years:
And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble;
For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
^{Verse 11}Who knows the power of thy wrath?
^{Verse 12}And who knows how to number his days
Because of the fear of thy wrath?
So manifest thy right hand,
And those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.^{Verse 13}Return, O Lord, how long?
And be entreated concerning thy servants.
^{Verse 14}We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy;
And we did exult and rejoice:
^{Verse 15}Let us rejoice in all our days,
In return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us,
The years wherein we saw evil.
^{Verse 16}And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works;
And guide their children.
^{Verse 17}And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us:
And do thou direct for us the works of our hands.