BOOK IV
Psalms 90—106
From Everlasting to Everlasting
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
Lord, You have been our dwelling place Deu 33:271Jn 4:16Psa 71:3Ezk 11:16Psa 91:1Psa 91:9Exo 33:14-19Jhn 6:56
through all generations.
Before the mountains were born Heb 13:8Gen 1:1Psa 102:24-27Rev 1:8Psa 93:21Ti 6:15-16Heb 1:10-12Psa 33:9
or You brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting
You are God.
You return man to dust, Gen 3:19Ecc 12:7Job 34:14-15Num 14:35Psa 104:29Psa 146:4Gen 6:6-7Job 12:10
saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
For in Your sight a thousand years 2Pe 3:8Psa 39:5Mat 24:43Luk 12:38Mat 14:25Exo 14:24Jdg 7:19
are but a day that passes, 1
or a watch of the night.
You whisk them away in their sleep; Isa 40:61Pe 1:24Job 22:16Psa 103:15-16Psa 73:20Job 27:20-21Isa 29:7-8Isa 8:7-8
they are like the new grass of the morning—
in the morning it springs up new, Job 14:2Psa 92:7Jas 1:11Mat 6:30
but by evening it fades and withers.
For we are consumed by Your anger Psa 39:11Deu 2:14-16Exo 14:24Heb 3:10-11Heb 3:17Num 17:12-13Psa 59:13Psa 90:11
and terrified by Your wrath.
You have set our iniquities before You, Jer 16:17Ecc 12:14Heb 4:12-13Jer 23:24Psa 19:121Jn 3:20Jer 9:13-16Psa 10:11
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
For all our days decline in Your fury; Psa 78:33Psa 39:5Psa 90:4
we finish our years with a sigh.
The length of our days is seventy years— Jas 4:14Psa 78:392Sa 19:35Deu 34:7Gen 47:91Ki 1:1Job 14:10Job 24:24
or eighty if we are strong—
yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Who knows the power of Your anger? Isa 33:14Lev 26:24Nam 1:62Co 5:11Deu 28:59Deu 29:20-29Lev 26:18Lev 26:21
Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
So teach us to number our days, Eph 5:16-17Psa 39:4Jhn 9:4Deu 32:29Pro 4:7Pro 3:13-18Pro 16:16Pro 23:12
that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Deu 32:36Psa 106:45Psa 135:14Psa 80:14Amo 7:3Amo 7:6Hos 11:8Jol 2:13-14
Have compassion on Your servants.
Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, Psa 23:6Psa 85:6Psa 31:7Psa 86:4Psa 103:3-5Php 4:4Psa 149:2Psa 36:7-8
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, Psa 126:5-6Psa 30:5Isa 40:1-2Jhn 16:20Isa 12:1Jer 31:12-13Isa 61:3Isa 65:18-19
for as many years as we have seen evil.
May Your work be shown to Your servants, Hab 3:2Psa 44:1Deu 32:4Deu 1:39Num 14:15-24Jos 23:14Jos 4:22-24Num 14:30-31
and Your splendor to their children.
May the favor 2of the Lord our God rest upon us; Pro 16:31Co 3:72Th 2:16Job 22:28Isa 26:12Psa 118:25Psa 68:28Psa 80:3
establish for us the work of our hands—
yes, establish the work of our hands!