Psalm 90

PART FOURTH.

A Psalm of Moses, the man of God

1O Lord! a dwelling-place thou hast been to us from generation to generation.

2Before the mountains were brought forth, And [before] thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3Thou shalt turn man to destruction, And shalt say, “Return ye sons of Adam.”

4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

5Thou overflowest them; they will be a sleep: In the morning as grass he shall grow.

6In the morning he (or it) shall flourish and grow: At the evening he (or it) shall be cut down, and shall wither.

7For we fail by thy anger, And by thy indignation are we affrighted.

8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9For all our days are passed away in thy indignation: We have spent our years as if a thought.

10In the days of our years there are seventy years; And if through strength, eighty years, Yet is their pride [but] grief and labor; For it passeth by quickly, and we fly away.

11Who knoweth the power of thy anger? And according to thy fear is thy wrath.

12Teach us so to number our days, And we shall apply our heart to wisdom.

13Return, O Jehovah! how long? Be pacified towards thy servants.

14Satiate us early with thy goodness, And we will exult and rejoice all our days.

15Make us joyful according to the days of our affliction; According to the years in which we have seen evil.

16Let thy work appear towards thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.

17And let there be the beauty of the Lord our God upon us; And the work of our hands direct thou upon us; Yea, the work of our hands direct thou.

Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5