Psalms 90

Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 90 opens by addressing God as the eternal dwelling place of humanity, existing before the creation of the earth and the mountains. The text states that God returns mortals to dust, viewing a thousand years as a passing day or a night watch, and sweeps people away like grass that withers by evening. It describes human life as limited to seventy or eighty years, consumed by divine anger and the exposure of secret sins, resulting in days of labor and sorrow that quickly pass. The psalm concludes with a plea for God to have compassion, satisfy His servants with loving devotion, bring gladness equal to the days of affliction, and establish the work of their hands.

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¹Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations. ²Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. ³You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” ⁴For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. ⁵You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— ⁶in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. ⁷For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. ⁸You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. ⁹For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. ¹⁰The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. ¹¹Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due. ¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom. ¹³Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants. ¹⁴Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. ¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil. ¹⁶May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children. ¹⁷May the favor 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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