A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

90:1 Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.

90:2 Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.

90:3 Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?

90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.

90:5 Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.

90:6 In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.

90:7 For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.

90:8 Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.

90:9 For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.

90:10 [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 labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.

90:11 Who knows the power of thy wrath?

90:12 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.

90:13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.

90:14 We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

90:15 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

90:16 And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.

90:17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.