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Psalm 90: A Prayer of Moses The Man of God

Psalm 90 is a prayer by Moses asking God for mercy and wisdom. It acknowledges that God has always been eternal while humans live brief lives that pass quickly like grass. It asks God to teach humanity to make the most of our limited time and to show favor by establishing our works. The psalm recognizes God's anger at human sin but appeals for compassion on God's servants.

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Psalm 90: A Prayer of Moses The Man of God

Psalm 90 is a prayer by Moses asking God for mercy and wisdom. It acknowledges that God has always been eternal while humans live brief lives that pass quickly like grass. It asks God to teach humanity to make the most of our limited time and to show favor by establishing our works. The psalm recognizes God's anger at human sin but appeals for compassion on God's servants.

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Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.


1 
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
    throughout all generations.

2 
Before the mountains were born
    or you brought forth the whole world,

    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3 
You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”

4 
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,

    or like a watch in the night.

5 
Yet you sweep people away 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.

7 
We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.

8 
You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your presence.

9 
All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.

10 
Our days may come to seventy years,
    or eighty, if our strength endures;

yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,


    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

11 
If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

12 
Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13 
Relent, LORD! How long will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.

14 
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
    that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

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.

17 
May the favor  of the Lord our God rest on us;
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    establish the work of our hands for us—

    yes, establish the work of our hands.

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