Psalms 90
BOOK 4
God’s Eternity and Man’s Transitoriness.
A Prayer of ▼▼ Deut 33:1Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord, You have been our ▼▼ Or hiding place; some ancient mss read place of refuge
,
cdwelling place in all generations.2Before dthe mountains were born
▼
▼ Or And
Or You fgave birth to the earth and the world,Even gfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3You hturn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
4For ia thousand years in Your sight
Are like jyesterday when it passes by,
▼
▼ Or And
Or as a lwatch in the night.5You mhave ▼
▼ Or flooded
swept them away like a flood, they ▼▼ Lit become asleep
,
pfall asleep;In the morning they are like qgrass which ▼
▼ Or passes away
sprouts anew.6In the morning it sflourishes and ▼
▼ Or passes away
sprouts anew;Toward evening it ufades and vwithers away.
7For we have been wconsumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been ▼
▼ Or terrified
dismayed.8You have yplaced our iniquities before You,
Our zsecret sins in the light of Your presence.
9For aaall our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a ▼
▼ Or whisper
sigh.10As for the days of our ▼
▼ Lit years
life, ▼▼ Lit in them are
they contain seventy years,Or if due to strength, aeeighty years,
Yet their pride is but aflabor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we agfly away.
11Who ▼
▼ Or knows
understands the aipower of Your angerAnd Your fury, according to the ajfear ▼
▼ Lit of You
that is due You?12So alteach us to number our days,
That we may ▼
▼ Or gain, bring in
,
anpresent to You a heart of wisdom.13Do aoreturn, O Lord; aphow long will it be?
And ▼
▼ Or repent in regard to
be arsorry for Your servants.14O assatisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may atsing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 auMake us glad ▼
▼ Or as many days as
according to the days You have afflicted us,And the awyears we have seen ▼
▼ Or trouble
evil.16Let Your aywork appear to Your servants
And Your azmajesty ▼
▼ Or upon
to their children.17Let the bbfavor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And ▼
▼ Or give permanence to
,
bdconfirm for us the work of our hands;Yes, ▼
▼ Or give permanence to
confirm the work of our hands.
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