Psalms 90

BOOK IV

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Psalms 90–106

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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[a] of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.

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Cross References 27

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 33:27; Ezekiel 11:16; Ephesians 2:22; Revelation 21:3
  • 2. S Job 15:7; Proverbs 8:25
  • 3. Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 57:15
  • 4. S Genesis 21:33; S Job 10:5; Psalms 102:24-27; Proverbs 8:23-26
  • 5. S Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; S Job 7:21; Job 34:15; 1 Corinthians 15:47
  • 6. S Job 10:5; 2 Peter 3:8
  • 7. S Genesis 19:15; Psalms 73:20; Isaiah 40:6
  • 8. Isaiah 40:6-8; Matthew 6:30; James 1:10
  • 9. S Psalms 19:12; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Ephesians 5:12
  • 10. S Hebrews 4:13
  • 11. Psalms 78:33
  • 12. Isaiah 23:15,17; Jeremiah 25:11
  • 13. 2 Samuel 19:35
  • 14. S Job 5:7
  • 15. S Job 20:8; S Job 34:15
  • 16. Psalms 7:11
  • 17. Psalms 76:7
  • 18. Psalms 39:4; Psalms 139:16; Proverbs 16:9; Proverbs 20:24
  • 19. Deuteronomy 32:29
  • 20. Psalms 6:3
  • 21. S Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalms 135:14
  • 22. Psalms 103:5; Psalms 107:9; Psalms 145:16,19
  • 23. S Psalms 77:8; Psalms 143:8
  • 24. S Psalms 5:11; Psalms 85:6
  • 25. Psalms 31:7
  • 26. Psalms 44:1; Habakkuk 3:2
  • 27. Isaiah 26:12

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Psalms 90 Commentaries

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