PsalmsChapter 90

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¹A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, you have been our home
for all generations. ²Before the mountains were born,
before you made the earth and the world,
you are God, from forever in the past to forever in the future. ³You turn people back to dust.
You say, "Go back, you children of men." ⁴For to you, a thousand years are like a day that has just gone by.
They are like a few hours of the night.a ⁵You sweep people away in their sleep.
They are like new grass in the morning. ⁶In the morning it comes up fresh.
But by evening it fades and dries up. ⁷For your anger burns us up.
Your fury fills us with fear. ⁸You have put our sins in front of you.
Our secret sins are in the light of your presence. ⁹For all our days pass away under your anger.
We end our years with a sigh. ¹⁰We live for seventy years,
or eighty if we are strong.
But even the best of them are hard work and sorrow.
They go by quickly, and we fly away. ¹¹Who knows how strong your anger is?
Your anger is as great as the fear you deserve. ¹²So teach us to count our days,
so we may gain a wise heart. ¹³Come back, LORD! How long will it be?
Have pity on your servants. ¹⁴Fill us each morning with your faithful love.
Then we will sing for joy and be glad all our days. ¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have made us suffer.
Make us glad for as many years as we have seen trouble. ¹⁶Let your servants see your work.
Let their children see your glory. ¹⁷May the kindness of the Lord our God rest on us.
Make the work of our hands last.
Yes, make the work of our hands last!