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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 90 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/90.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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91">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h2 class="ms1">BOOK IV</h2><h3 class="mr">(<ref loc="PSA 90-106">Psalms 90–106</ref>)</h3><h3 class="d">(A prayer by Moses, the man of God.)</h3><h3 class="s1">God Is Eternal</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.1" class="v19_90_1">1</span>Our Lord, in all generations</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_1">you have been our home.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.2" class="v19_90_2">2</span>You have always been God—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_2">long before the birth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_2">of the mountains,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_2">even before you created</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_2">the earth and the world.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.3" class="v19_90_3">3</span>At your command we die</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_3">and turn back to dust,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.4" class="v19_90_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.90.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> but a thousand years</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_4">mean nothing to you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_4">They are merely a day gone by</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_4">or a few hours in the night.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.5" class="v19_90_5">5</span>You bring our lives to an end</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_5">just like a dream.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_5">We are merely tender grass</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.6" class="v19_90_6">6</span>that sprouts and grows</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_6">in the morning,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_6">but dries up by evening.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.7" class="v19_90_7">7</span>Your furious anger frightens</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_7">and destroys us,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.8" class="v19_90_8">8</span>and you know all our sins,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_8">even those we do in secret.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.9" class="v19_90_9">9</span>Your anger is a burden</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_9">each day we live,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_9">then life ends like a sigh.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.10" class="v19_90_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.90.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We can expect seventy years,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_10">or maybe eighty,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_10">if we are healthy,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_10">but even our best years</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_10">bring trouble and sorrow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_10">Suddenly our time is up,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_10">and we disappear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.11" class="v19_90_11">11</span>No one knows the full power</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_11">of your furious anger,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_11">but it is as great as the fear</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_11">that we owe to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.12" class="v19_90_12">12</span>Teach us to use wisely</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_12">all the time we have.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.13" class="v19_90_13">13</span>Help us, <span class="nd">Lord</span>! Don't wait!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_13">Pity your servants.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.14" class="v19_90_14">14</span>When morning comes,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_14">let your love satisfy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_14">all our needs.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_14">Then we can celebrate</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_14">and be glad for what time</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_14">we have left.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.15" class="v19_90_15">15</span>Make us happy for as long</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_15">as you caused us trouble</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_15">and sorrow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.16" class="v19_90_16">16</span>Do wonderful things for us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_16">your servants,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_16">and show your mighty power</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_16">to our children.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.90.17" class="v19_90_17">17</span>Our Lord and our God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_17">treat us with kindness</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_90_17">and let all go well for us.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_90_17">Please let all go well!</span></p> </div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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