Psalm 90:3-12

English Standard Version

³ You return man to dust
    and say, ^(A)“Return, ^(B)O children of man!”^[a]
4 For ^(C)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as ^(D)yesterday when it is past,
    or as ^(E)a watch in the night.

⁵ You ^(F)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like ^(G)a dream,
    like ^(H)grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶ in ^(I)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it ^(J)fades and ^(K)withers.

⁷ For we are brought to an end by your anger;
    by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸ You have ^(L)set our iniquities before you,
    our ^(M)secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹ For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰ The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[b] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

^12 (N)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.