Psalms 90

Book Four (Psalms 90–106)

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

1Lord, through all the generations

you have been our home!

2Before the mountains were born,

before you gave birth to the earth and the world,

from beginning to end, you are God.

3You turn people back to dust, saying,

“Return to dust, you mortals!”

4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,

as brief as a few night hours.

5You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.

They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

6In the morning it blooms and flourishes,

but by evening it is dry and withered.

7We wither beneath your anger;

we are overwhelmed by your fury.

8You spread out our sins before you—

our secret sins—and you see them all.

9We live our lives beneath your wrath,

ending our years with a groan.

10Seventy years are given to us!

Some even live to eighty.

But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;

soon they disappear, and we fly away.

11Who can comprehend the power of your anger?

Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

12Teach us to realize the brevity of life,

so that we may grow in wisdom.

13O Lord, come back to us!

How long will you delay?

Take pity on your servants!

14Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,

so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.

15Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery!

Replace the evil years with good.

16Let us, your servants, see you work again;

let our children see your glory.

17And may the Lord our God show us his approval

and make our efforts successful.

Yes, make our efforts successful!

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Psalms 90

BOOK FOUR: Psalms 90—106

The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty

A Prayer #Deut. 33:1of Moses the man of God.

1Lord, #(Deut. 33:27; Ezek. 11:16)You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

2#Job 15:7; (Prov. 8:25, 26)Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3You turn man to destruction,

And say, #Gen. 3:19; Job 34:14, 15“Return, O children of men.”

4#2 Pet. 3:8For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday when it is past,

And like a watch in the night.

5You carry them away like a flood;

#Ps. 73:20They are like a sleep.

In the morning #Is. 40:6they are like grass which grows up:

6In the morning it flourishes and grows up;

In the evening it is cut down and withers.

7For we have been consumed by Your anger,

And by Your wrath we are terrified.

8#Ps. 50:21; (Jer. 16:17)You have set our iniquities before You,

Our #Ps. 19:12; (Eccl. 12:14)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

9For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;

We finish our years like a sigh.

10The days of our lives are seventy years;

And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,

Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;

For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11Who knows the power of Your anger?

For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

12#Deut. 32:29; Ps. 39:4So teach us to number our days,

That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13Return, O Lord!

How long?

And #Ex. 32:12; Deut. 32:36have compassion on Your servants.

14Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,

#Ps. 85:6That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

15Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,

The years in which we have seen evil.

16Let #(Deut. 32:4); Hab. 3:2Your work appear to Your servants,

And Your glory to their children.

17#Ps. 27:4And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,

And #Is. 26:12establish the work of our hands for us;

Yes, establish the work of our hands.

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