BOOK 4
Psalm 90
A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord,
you have been
our dwelling place
for all
generations.
2 Before
the mountains were
born,
before you had
formed the earth
and the world,
even from
everlasting to
everlasting, you
are God.
3 You
turn man to
destruction, saying,
“Return, you
children of men.”
4 For
a thousand years
in your sight
are just like
yesterday when it
is past,
like a watch
in the night.
5 You
sweep them away
as they sleep.
In the morning
they sprout like
new grass.
6 In
the morning it
sprouts and springs
up.
By evening, it
is withered and
dry.
7 For
we are consumed in
your anger.
We are troubled in
your wrath.
8 You
have set our
iniquities before
you,
our secret sins
in the light
of your presence.
9 For
all our days
have passed away
in your wrath.
We bring our
years to an
end as a
sigh.
10 The
days of our
years are seventy,
or even by reason
of strength eighty
years;
yet their pride
is but labor
and sorrow,
for it passes
quickly, and we
fly away.
11 Who
knows the power
of your anger,
your wrath according
to the fear
that is due to
you?
12 So
teach us to
count our days,
that we may
gain a heart
of wisdom.
13 Relent,
LORD!
How long?
Have compassion
on your servants!
14 Satisfy
us in the
morning with
your loving kindness,
that we may
rejoice and be
glad all our
days.
15 Make
us glad for
as many days
as you have
afflicted us,
for as many
years as we
have seen evil.
16 Let your
work appear to
your servants,
your glory to
their children.
17 Let
the favor of
the Lord our God
be on us.
Establish the
work of our
hands for us.
Yes, establish the
work of our
hands.