Psalm 90

[1]   Lord, you have been our dwelling place   
         in all generations.   
[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 us back to dust,   
         and say, "Turn back, you mortals."   
[4]   For a thousand years in your sight   
         are like yesterday when it is past,   
         or like a watch in the night.

[5]   You sweep them away; they are like a dream,   
         like grass that is renewed in the morning;   
[6]   in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;   
         in the evening it fades and withers.

[7]   For we are consumed by your anger;   
         by your wrath we are overwhelmed.   
[8]   You have set our iniquities before you,   
         our secret sins in the light of your countenance.

[9]   For all our days pass away under your wrath;   
         our years come to an end like a sigh.   
[10]  The days of our life are seventy years,   
         or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;   
    even then their span is only toil and trouble;   
         they are soon gone, and we fly away.

[11]  Who considers the power of your anger?   
         Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.   
[12]  So teach us to count our days   
         that we may gain a wise heart.

[13]  Turn, O LORD! How long?   
         Have compassion on your servants!   
[14]  Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,   
         so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.   
[15]  Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us,   
         and as many years as we have seen evil.   
[16]  Let your work be manifest to your servants,   
         and your glorious power to their children.   
[17]  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,   
         and prosper for us the work of our hands --   
         O prosper the work of our hands!