Psalm 90:1-10
Book IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, from the very beginning
you have been like a home to us.
Before you created the whole world and the mountains were made,
from the beginning to the end you are God.
You turn human beings back to dust.
You say to them, “Return to dust.”
To you a thousand years
are like a day that has just gone by.
They are like a few hours of the night.
Yet you sweep people away, and they die.
They are like new grass that grows in the morning.
In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it’s all dried up.
Your anger destroys us.
Your burning anger terrifies us.
You have put our sins right in front of you.
You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.
You have been angry with us all of our days.
We groan as we come to the end of our lives.
We live to be about 70.
Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy.
But even our best days are filled with trouble and sorrow.
The years quickly pass, and we are gone.
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