Psalms 90

1The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

2He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou artGod.

3For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

3 Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.

4He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

4 For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.

5His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:

6Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil.

6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

8But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward of the wicked.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.

9Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High thy refuge.

9 For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.

10There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

12In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.

13Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

13 Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

14Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

14 Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him.

15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.

16I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

17(not in this translation)

17 And let the beauty of Jehovah ourGod be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.