Encouragement from Psalms 3-31-24

Psalm 90

New American Standard Bible

BOOK 4

God’s Eternity and the Brevity of Human Life.

A Prayer of [a]Moses, the man of God.

90 Lord, You have been our [b]dwelling place in all generations.

2 Before the mountains were born

[c]Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 You turn mortals back into dust

And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”

4 For a thousand years in Your sight

Are like yesterday when it passes by,

[d]Or like a watch in the night.

5 You have [e]swept them away like a flood, they [f]fall asleep;

In the morning they are like grass that [g]sprouts anew.

6 In the morning it flourishes and [h]sprouts anew;

Toward evening it wilts and withers away.

7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,

And we have been terrified by Your wrath.

8 You have placed our guilty deeds before You,

Our hidden sins in the light of Your presence.

9 For all our days have dwindled away in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a [i]sigh.

10 As for the days of our [j]life, [k]they contain seventy years,

Or if due to strength, eighty years,

Yet their pride is only trouble and tragedy;

For it quickly passes, and we disappear.

11 Who [l]understands the power of Your anger

And Your fury, according to the fear [m]that is due You?

12 So teach us to number our days,

That we may [n]present to You a heart of wisdom.

13 Do return, Lord; how long will it be?

And [o]be sorry for Your servants.

14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness,

That we may sing for joy and rejoice all our days.

15 Make us glad [p]according to the days You have afflicted us,

And the years we have seen [q]evil.

16 Let Your work appear to Your servants

And Your majesty [r]to their children.

17 May the kindness of the Lord our God be upon us;

And [s]confirm for us the work of our hands;

Yes, [t]confirm the work of our hands.

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