Psalms 90:1 ←
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
Psalms 90:2 ←
Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
Psalms 90:3 ←
You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
Psalms 90:4 ←
For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
Psalms 90:5 ←
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Psalms 90:6 ←
In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
Psalms 90:7 ←
We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
Psalms 90:8 ←
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Psalms 90:9 ←
For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
Psalms 90:10 ←
The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
Psalms 90:11 ←
Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
Psalms 90:12 ←
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 90:13 ←
Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Psalms 90:14 ←
In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
Psalms 90:15 ←
Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
Psalms 90:16 ←
Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Psalms 90:17 ←
Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
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