Psalms 90

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.	1 A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge through all generations.
2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.	2 Before the mountains were born, the earth and the world brought forth, from eternity to eternity you are God.
3 Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.	3 But humans you return to dust, saying, "Return, you mortals!"
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,	4 A thousand years in your eyes are merely a yesterday,
5 things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.	5 you have brought them to their end; They disappear like sleep at dawn; they are like grass that dies.
6 In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.	6 It sprouts green in the morning; by evening it is dry and withered.
7 For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.	7 Truly we are consumed by your anger, filled with terror by your wrath.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.	8 You have kept our faults before you, our hidden sins exposed to your sight.
9 For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered spider:	9 Our life ebbs away under your wrath; our years end like a sigh.
10 the days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.	10 Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are sorrow and toil; they pass quickly, we are all but gone.
11 Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear	11 Who comprehends your terrible anger? Your wrath matches the fear it inspires.
12 can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.	12 Teach us to count our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.	13 Relent, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.	14 Fill us at daybreak with your love, that all our days we may sing for joy.
15 We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.	15 Make us glad as many days as you humbled us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.	16 Show your deeds to your servants, your glory to their children.
17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.	17 May the favor of the Lord our God be ours. Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands!