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90:1  [A prayer by Moses, the man of God.] O Lord, you have been our refuge throughout every generation.
90:2  Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
90:3  You turn mortals back into dust and say, "Return, descendants of Adam."
90:4  Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday-already past- like an hour in the night.
90:5  You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.
90:6  In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up.
90:7  Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
90:8  You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
90:9  Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one [long] sigh.
90:10  Each of us lives for 70 years- or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them [bring] trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.
90:11  Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury.
90:12  Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom.
90:13  Return, LORD! How long...? Change your plans about [us,] your servants.
90:14  Satisfy us every morning with your mercy so that we may sing joyfully and rejoice all our days.
90:15  Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil.
90:16  Let [us,] your servants, see what you can do. Let our children see your glorious power.
90:17  Let the kindness of the Lord our God be with us. Make us successful in everything we do. Yes, make us successful in everything we do.