Psalm 90
Living Bible
90 A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! 2 Before the mountains were created, before the earth was formed, you are God without beginning or end.
3 You speak, and man turns back to dust. 4 A thousand years are but as yesterday to you! They are like a single hour![a] 5-6 We glide along the tides of time as swiftly as a racing river and vanish as quickly as a dream. We are like grass that is green in the morning but mowed down and withered before the evening shadows fall. 7 We die beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your wrath. 8 You spread out our sins before you—our secret sins—and see them all. 9 No wonder the years are long and heavy here beneath your wrath. All our days are filled with sighing.
10 Seventy years are given us! And some may even live to eighty. But even the best of these years are often empty and filled with pain; soon they disappear, and we are gone. 11 Who can realize the terrors of your anger? Which of us can fear you as he should?
12 Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.
13 O Jehovah, come and bless us! How long will you delay? Turn away your anger from us. 14 Satisfy us in our earliest[b] youth with your loving-kindness, giving us constant joy to the end of our lives. 15 Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good. 16 Let us see your miracles again; let our children see glorious things, the kind you used to do, 17 and let the Lord our God favor us and give us success. May he give permanence to all we do.
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:4 like a single hour, literally, “as a watch in the night.”
- Psalm 90:14 earliest, literally, “early.”
Salme 90
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Moses’ bøn
90 En bøn af Guds tjener Moses.
Herre, du er vores tilflugt,
du har hjulpet os fra slægt til slægt.
2 Du var til, før bjergene blev skabt,
du levede, før jorden blev dannet.
Din eksistens har ingen begyndelse
og kommer aldrig til en afslutning.
3 Men menneskers liv får ende,
på din befaling bliver de til støv.
4 Tusinde år er for dig som en enkelt dag er for os,
den varer nogle timer, og så er den forbi.
5 Du gør ende på menneskers liv,
og de sover ind.
Om morgenen er græsset grønt og frisk,
6 det glinser og er fuldt af liv.
Men om aftenen er det tørret ind
og vissent.
7 Vi sygner hen under din fortærende vrede,
vi skælver under din voldsomme harme.
8 Du ser vore skjulte synder,
vore fejl ligger udbredt for dine øjne.
9 Vi mærker din vrede hver dag,
vi ender vores liv med et suk.
10 Vi kan forvente at leve, til vi er halvfjerds,
måske nogle kan nå at blive firs.
Selv vore bedste år har nok af problemer,
men tiden flyver af sted, snart er alt forbi.
11 Hvem kender styrken af din vrede?
Din harme fylder os med ærefrygt.
12 Hjælp os til at huske, at livet er kort,
så vi kan vokse i visdom.
13 Åh, Herre, se i nåde til os!
Hvor længe skal vi lide under din straf?
Vær barmhjertig imod dit eget folk.
14 Mæt os hver morgen med din kærlighed,
så vi oplever glæde dag efter dag.
15 Vi har været ulykkelige i umindelige tider.
Giv os nu lige så mange lykkelige år.
16 Lad dit folk igen opleve dine undere,
lad vore børn få din herlighed at se.
17 Vis os din nåde, Herre, vor Gud,
giv os gode tider og fremgang.
Psalm 90
New King James Version
BOOK FOUR
Psalms 90–106
The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty
A Prayer (A)of Moses the man of God.
90 Lord, (B)You have been our [a]dwelling place in all generations.
2 (C)Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You [b]had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, (D)“Return, O children of men.”
4 (E)For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
5 You carry them away like a flood;
(F)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (G)they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.
7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
8 (H)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our (I)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
10 The 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.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 (J)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (K)have compassion on Your servants.
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
(L)That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let (M)Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
17 (N)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And (O)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 90:1 LXX, Tg., Vg. refuge
- Psalm 90:2 Lit. gave birth to
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