Psalm 90

God’s Eternity and Man’s Transitoriness.

1 Psalm 90:1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

2 Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 Psalm 90:3 You turn man back into dust And say, “Return, O children of men.”

4 Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.

5 Psalm 90:5 You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

6 Psalm 90:6 In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades and withers away.

7 Psalm 90:7 For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

8 Psalm 90:8 You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9 Psalm 90:9 For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

10 Psalm 90:10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away.

11 Psalm 90:11 Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

12 Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

13 Psalm 90:13 Do return, O LORD; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants.

14 Psalm 90:14 O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15 Psalm 90:15 Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil.

16 Psalm 90:16 Let Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children.

17 Psalm 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.