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Psalms 90

BOOK 4

Psalm 90

God’s Eternity and the Brevity of Human Life.

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

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

³¶You turn mortals back into dust And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”

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

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

⁶In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it wilts and withers away.

⁷¶For we have been consumed by Your anger, And we have been terrified by Your wrath.

⁸You have placed our guilty deeds before You, Our hidden sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹For all our days have dwindled away in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

¹⁰As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we disappear.

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

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

¹³¶Do return, Lord; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants.

¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness, That we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days.

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

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

¹⁷May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

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