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align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/psalms/90.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Psalms.90" /><h4 class="psalm">Psalm 90</h4><h3 class="head1">Eternal God and Mortal Man</h3><h3 class="head2">A prayer of Moses, the man of God.</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Lord, you have been our refuge<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.90.1.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">in every generation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Before the mountains were born,</p><p class="poem">before you gave birth to the earth and the world,</p><p class="poem">from eternity to eternity, you are God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You return mankind to the dust,</p><p class="poem">saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For in your sight a thousand years</p><p class="poem">are like yesterday that passes by,</p><p class="poem">like a few hours of the night.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You end their lives;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.90.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> they sleep.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">They are like grass that grows in the morning —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>in the morning it sprouts and grows;</p><p class="poem">by evening it withers and dries up.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For we are consumed by your anger;</p><p class="poem">we are terrified by your wrath.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have set our iniquities before you,</p><p class="poem">our secret sins in the light of your presence.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For all our days ebb away under your wrath;</p><p class="poem">we end our years like a sigh.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Our lives last<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.90.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> seventy years</p><p class="poem">or, if we are strong, eighty years.</p><p class="poem">Even the best of them are<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.90.10.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> struggle and sorrow;</p><p class="poem">indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Who understands the power of your anger?</p><p class="poem">Your wrath matches the fear that is due you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Teach us to number our days carefully</p><p class="poem">so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.90.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> — how long?</p><p class="poem">Turn and have compassion on your servants.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love</p><p class="poem">so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us,</p><p class="poem">for as many years as we have seen adversity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let your work be seen by your servants,</p><p class="poem">and your splendor by their children.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.90.17" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/90-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;</p><p class="poem">establish for us the work of our hands —</p><p class="poem">establish the work of our hands!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.90.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.90" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.90.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.1">90:1</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">dwelling place</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.90.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.5">90:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">You overwhelm them</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.90.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.10">90:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">The days of our years in them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.90.10.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.10">90:10</a></span> LXX, Tg, Syr, Vg read <span class="italic">Even their span is</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.90.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.12">90:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">develop a heart of wisdom</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.90" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.1">90:1</a></span> Ps 71:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.2">90:2</a></span> Jb 36:26; Ps 102:27; Pr 8:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.3">90:3</a></span> Gn 3:19; Ec 12:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.4">90:4</a></span> 2Pt 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.5">90:5</a></span> Jb 14:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.5">90:5-6</a></span> Jb 14:1–2; Ps 37:2; 103:15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.7">90:7</a></span> Ps 39:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.8">90:8</a></span> Ps 19:12; Ec 12:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.9">90:9</a></span> Ps 78:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.10">90:10</a></span> Jb 20:8; Ps 78:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.11">90:11</a></span> Ps 76:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.12">90:12</a></span> Dt 32:29; Ps 39:4; Ec 12:1; Eph 5:16–17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.13">90:13</a></span> Dt 32:36; Ps 135:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.14">90:14</a></span> Ps 36:8; 65:4; 103:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.15">90:15</a></span> Ps 86:4; 92:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.16">90:16</a></span> Ps 96:6; Is 35:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.90.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.90.17">90:17</a></span> Ps 27:4; Is 26:12</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.90" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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