Psalms 90:1-9

1Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.

2Before the mountains were born Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.

3You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”

4For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, Or as a watch in the night.

5You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone]; In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—

6In the morning it flourishes and springs up; In the evening it wilts and withers away.

7For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

8You have placed our wickedness before you, Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

9For all our days pass away in Your wrath; We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.