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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/90-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 90</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/89.htm" title="Psalm 89">◄</a> Psalm 90 <a href="../psalms/91.htm" title="Psalm 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/90.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">From Everlasting to Everlasting</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Lord, you have been our dwelling place<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">in all generations.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Before the mountains were brought forth,</span><br /><span class="indent">or ever you had formed the earth and the world,</span><br /><span class="indent">from everlasting to everlasting you are God.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You return man to dust</span><br /><span class="indent">and say, “Return, O children of man!”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or of Adam">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For a thousand years in your sight</span><br /><span class="indent">are but as yesterday when it is past,</span><br /><span class="indent">or as a watch in the night.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,</span><br /><span class="indent">like grass that is renewed in the morning:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the evening it fades and withers.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For we are brought to an end by your anger;</span><br /><span class="indent">by your wrath we are dismayed.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have set our iniquities before you,</span><br /><span class="indent">our secret sins in the light of your presence.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For all our days pass away under your wrath;</span><br /><span class="indent">we bring our years to an end like a sigh.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The years of our life are seventy,</span><br /><span class="indent">or even by reason of strength eighty;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">yet their span<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or pride">c</a></sup></span> is but toil and trouble;</span><br /><span class="indent">they are soon gone, and we fly away.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Who considers the power of your anger,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your wrath according to the fear of you?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">So teach us to number our days</span><br /><span class="indent">that we may get a heart of wisdom.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Return, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>! How long?</span><br /><span class="indent">Have pity on your servants!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent">that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,</span><br /><span class="indent">and for as many years as we have seen evil.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let your work be shown to your servants,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your glorious power to their children.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/90-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let the favor<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or beauty">d</a></sup></span> of the Lord our God be upon us,</span><br /><span class="indent">and establish the work of our hands upon us;</span><br /><span class="indent">yes, establish the work of our hands!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) <i><span class="catch-word">our</span> refuge</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">of</span> Adam</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>pride</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>beauty</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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