Psalms
90
- Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout
all generations.
- Before the mountains were born or you brought
forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
- You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return
to dust, O sons of men."
- For a thousand years in your sight are like
a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
- You sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they are like the new grass of the morning --
- though in the morning it springs up new,
by evening it is dry and withered.
- We are consumed by your anger and terrified
by your indignation.
- You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
- The length of our days is seventy years
-- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet
their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- Who knows the power of your anger? For your
wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
- Teach us to number our days aright, that
we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have
compassion on your servants.
- Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing
love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
- Make us glad for as many days as you have
afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
- May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.
- May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon
us; establish the work of our hands for us --
yes, establish the work of our hands.
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