Psalm 90 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Book Four: Psalms 90—106

The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty

Psa 90:1A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place[fn] in all generations.

Psa 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

Psa 90:3

Psa 90:3You turn man to destruction,
And say, “Return, O children of men.”

Psa 90:4

Psa 90:4For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.

Psa 90:5

Psa 90:5You carry them away like a flood;
They are like a sleep.
In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

Psa 90:6

Psa 90:6In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

Psa 90:7

Psa 90:7For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.

Psa 90:8

Psa 90:8You have set our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

Psa 90:9

Psa 90:9For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.

Psa 90:10

Psa 90:10The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Psa 90:11

Psa 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

Psa 90:12

Psa 90:12So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psa 90:13

Psa 90:13Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.

Psa 90:14

Psa 90:14Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

Psa 90:15

Psa 90:15Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.

Psa 90:16

Psa 90:16Let Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.

Psa 90:17

Psa 90:17And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.

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NKJV Footnotes

(90:1)

Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate read refuge.

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