Psalms 90:5-15

⁵Thou carriest him away as with a flood; He is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,

⁶Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning, And in the evening is cut down, and withered.

⁷For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we destroyed.

⁸Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

⁹By reason of thine anger all our days vanish away; We spend our years like a thought.

¹⁰The days of our life are threescore years and ten, And, by reason of strength, may be fourscore years: Yet is the pride of them weariness and sorrow; For it vanisheth swiftly, and we fly away.

¹¹Yet who attendeth to the power of thine anger? Who with due reverence regardeth thine indignation?

¹²Teach us so to number our days, That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!

¹³Desist, O LORD! How long—? Have compassion upon thy servants!

¹⁴Satisfy us speedily with thy mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

¹⁵Make us glad according to the time in which thou hast afflicted us; According to the years in which we have seen adversity!