90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
90:1 {A Prayer of Moses the man of God.} Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
90:2 Before the mountains were born, Or Thou didst give birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.

90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
90:3 Thou dost turn man back into dust, And dost say, "Return, O children of men."

90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
90:4 For a thousand years in Thy sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or [as] a watch in the night.

90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
90:5 Thou hast swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
90:6 In the morning it flourishes, and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades, and withers away.

90:7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
90:7 For we have been consumed by Thine anger, And by Thy wrath we have been dismayed.

90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
90:8 Thou hast placed our iniquities before Thee, Our secret [sins] in the light of Thy presence.

90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
90:9 For all our days have declined in Thy fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
90:10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is [but] labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away.

90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?
90:11 Who understands the power of Thine anger, And Thy fury, according to the fear that is due Thee?

90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may present to Thee a heart of wisdom.

90:13 Return, O Jehovah; How long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
90:13 Do return, O LORD; how long [will it be]? And be sorry for Thy servants.

90:14 Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
90:14 O satisfy us in the morning with Thy lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.
90:15 Make us glad according to the days Thou hast afflicted us, [And] the years we have seen evil.

90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.
90:16 Let Thy work appear to Thy servants, And Thy majesty to their children.

90:17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
90:17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And do confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.