Psalms - Chapter 89

Passage

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation. Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity you are God. Turn not man away to be brought low: and you have said: Be converted, O you sons of men. For a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night, Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither. For in your wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in your indignation. You have set our iniquities before your eyes: our life in the light of your countenance. For all our days are spent; and in your wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider: The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labor and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. Who knows the power of your anger, and for your fear Can number your wrath? So make your right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom. Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favor of your servants. We are filled in the morning with your mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days. We have rejoiced for the days in which you have humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils. Look upon your servants and upon their works: and direct their children. And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct you the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do you direct.