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Psalm 90
New International Version

### BOOK IV

#### Psalms 90–106

### Psalm 90

#### A prayer of Moses the man of God.

1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born(B)
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting(C) you are God.(D)

3 You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(E)
4 A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.(F)
5 Yet you sweep people away(G) in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.(H)

7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins(I) in the light of your presence.(J)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.(K)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(L)
or eighty,(M) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(N)
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(O)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath(P) is as great as the fear that is your due.(Q)
12 Teach us to number our days,(R)
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(S)

13 Relent, Lord! How long(T) will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.(U)
14 Satisfy(V) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(W)
that we may sing for joy(X) and be glad all our days.(Y)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.(Z)

17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.(AA)

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 90:1 : S Dt 33:27; Eph 2:22; Rev 21:3
2. Psalm 90:2 : S Job 15:7
3. Psalm 90:2 : Isa 9:6; 57:15
4. Psalm 90:2 : S Ge 21:33; S Job 10:5; Ps 102:24-27; Pr 8:23-26
5. Psalm 90:3 : S Ge 2:7; S Job 7:21; 34:15; 1Co 15:47
6. Psalm 90:4 : S Job 10:5; 2Pe 3:8
7. Psalm 90:5 : S Ge 19:15
8. Psalm 90:6 : Isa 40:6-8; Mt 6:30; Jas 1:10
9. Psalm 90:8 : S Ps 19:12; 2Co 4:2; Eph 5:12
10. Psalm 90:8 : S Heb 4:13
11. Psalm 90:9 : Ps 78:33
12. Psalm 90:10 : Isa 23:15, 17; Jer 25:11
13. Psalm 90:10 : 2Sa 19:35
14. Psalm 90:10 : S Job 5:7
15. Psalm 90:10 : S Job 20:8; S 34:15
16. Psalm 90:11 : Ps 7:11
17. Psalm 90:11 : Ps 76:7
18. Psalm 90:12 : Ps 39:4; 139:16; Pr 16:9; 20:24
19. Psalm 90:12 : Dt 32:29
20. Psalm 90:13 : Ps 6:3
21. Psalm 90:13 : S Dt 32:36
22. Psalm 90:14 : Ps 103:5; 107:9; 145:16, 19
23. Psalm 90:14 : S Ps 77:8; 143:8
24. Psalm 90:14 : S Ps 5:11
25. Psalm 90:14 : Ps 31:7
26. Psalm 90:16 : Ps 44:1; Hab 3:2
27. Psalm 90:17 : Isa 26:12

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