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BOOK IV
Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.

1

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling placea
in all generations.

2

Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

2

Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3

You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”

3

You return man to dust
and say, “Return, O children of man!”b

4

A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.

4

For a thousand years in your sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
or as a watch in the night.

5

Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death —
they are like the new grass of the morning:

5

You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning:

6

In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.

6

in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.

7

We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.

7

For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.

8

You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.

8

You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.

9

All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.

9

For all our days pass away under your wrath;
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

10

Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

10

The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their spanc is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.

11

If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

11

Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12

Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

12

So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.

13

Relent, Lord! How long will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.

13

Return, O Lord! How long?
Have pity on your servants!

14

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

14

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.

15

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
and for as many years as we have seen evil.

16

May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.

16

Let your work be shown to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.

17

May the favora of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us —
yes, establish the work of our hands.

17

Let the favord of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!

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