Psalms 90
1 A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.
2 Before the mountains were born, before you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 You make human beings return to dust and say, “Return, children of men.”
4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it has passed, like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away like a flood; they are like sleep, like grass that passes away in the morning.
6 In the morning it blossoms and passes away; by evening it withers and dries up.
7 For we are consumed by your anger, and your fury overwhelms us with fear.
8 You have set our guilt before you, our secrets in the light of your face.
9 All our days pass under your fury; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The days of our years reach seventy, or eighty if we are strong. Their pride is only toil and trouble, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the strength of your anger, and your fury in keeping with the fear due to you?
12 Teach us to count our days, so that our hearts may gain wisdom.
13 Turn back, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, and we will sing for joy all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you afflicted us, for as many years as we saw trouble.
16 Let your work appear to your servants, and your splendor to their children.
17 May the goodness of the Lord our God be upon us. Establish the work of our hands for us; establish the work of our hands.
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