# Psalm 90
## From Everlasting to Everlasting
*A prayer of Moses the man of God.*
- 1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place
- [[H1755|through all]] [[H1755|generations]].
- 2 [[H2962|Before]] the mountains [[H3205|were born]]
- or You brought forth the earth and the world,
- [[H5769|from everlasting]] to [[H5769|everlasting]]
- You are God.
- 3 You return man to dust,
- saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
- 4 For in Your sight [[H0505|a thousand]] [[H8141|years]]
- are but [[H0865|a day]] that passes, {[[#^ps-090-a| a ]]}
- [[H0821|or a watch]] [[H3915|of the night]].
- 5 You whisk them away in their sleep;
- they are like the new grass [[H1242|of the morning]]—
- 6 [[H1242|in the morning]] it springs up new,
- [[H6143|but by evening]] it fades and withers.
- 7 For we are consumed by Your anger
- and terrified by Your wrath.
- 8 You have set our iniquities before You,
- our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- 9 For all [[H3117|our days]] decline in Your fury;
- we finish [[H8141|our years]] with a sigh.
- 10 [[H3117|The length of our days]] is seventy [[H8141|years]]—
- or eighty if we are strong—
- yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
- for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- 11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
- Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- 12 [[H3651|So]] [[H3045|teach us]] [[H4487|to number]] [[H3117|our days]],
- that we may present [[H3824|a heart]] [[H2451|of wisdom]].
- 13 Return, O LORD! [[H5704|How long will it be]]?
- Have compassion on Your servants.
- 14 Satisfy us [[H1242|in the morning]] with Your loving devotion,
- that we may sing for joy and be glad [[H3605|all]] [[H3117|our days]].
- 15 Make us glad for [[H3117|as many days]] as You have afflicted us,
- [[H8141|for as many years]] as we have seen evil.
- 16 May Your work be shown to Your servants,
- and Your splendor to their children.
- 17 May the favor {[[#^ps-090-b| b ]]} of the Lord our God rest upon us;
- establish for us the work of our hands—
- yes, establish the work of our hands!
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### Footnotes:
- 4 a See [[2_Peter_03|2 Peter 3.8]] ^ps-090-a
- 17 b Or *beauty* ^ps-090-b
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