CARTEA A PATRA

Psalmul 90

O rugăciune a lui Moise, omul lui Dumnezeu

Stăpâne, Tu ai fost adăpostul nostru
    generaţii la rând.
Înainte ca să se fi născut munţii,
    înainte ca Tu să fi plăsmuit pământul şi lumea,
        din veşnicie până în vecie, Tu eşti Dumnezeu.

Tu întorci pe oameni în ţărână,
    spunându-le: „Întoarceţi-vă, fii ai omului!“
Da, o mie de ani înaintea Ta
    sunt ca ziua de ieri care a trecut,
        ca o strajă a nopţii[a].
Tu îi mături pe oameni ca prin somn;
    ei sunt ca iarba care răsare dimineaţa.
Deşi răsare dimineaţa, ea trece iute,
    aşa încât seara este veştejită şi se usucă.

Suntem mistuiţi de mânia Ta
    şi îngroziţi de furia Ta.
Ai pus vina noastră înaintea Ta
    şi ai adus păcatele noastre ascunse la lumina feţei Tale.
Toate zilele noastre trec sub apăsarea mâniei Tale;
    anii noştri se sfârşesc repede, ca un geamăt.
10 Deşi anii noştri ajung la şaptezeci,
    iar dacă avem putere – chiar până la optzeci,
cei mai mulţi dintre ei sunt[b] numai necaz şi trudă,
    căci trec repede, iar noi zburăm.

11 Cine cunoaşte însă tăria mâniei Tale
    şi teama pe care o insuflă furia Ta?[c]
12 Învaţă-ne să ne numărăm bine zilele,
    ca să avem parte de o inimă înţeleaptă!

13 Întoarce-Te, Doamne! Cât vei mai zăbovi?
    Ai milă de slujitorii Tăi!
14 Dimineaţa satură-ne cu îndurarea Ta,
    iar noi vom striga de bucurie şi ne vom veseli în toate zilele noastre.
15 Înveseleşte-ne pentru tot atâtea zile câte ne-ai asuprit
    şi pentru tot atâţia ani câţi am văzut nenorocirea!
16 Să se arate slujitorilor Tăi lucrarea Ta
    şi maiestatea Ta – fiilor lor!

17 Fie peste noi bunăvoinţa[d] Stăpânului, Dumnezeul nostru.
    Statorniceşte pentru noi lucrarea mâinilor noastre!
        Da, statorniceşte lucrarea mâinilor noastre!

Footnotes

  1. Psalmii 90:4 Vezi nota de la 63:6
  2. Psalmii 90:10 Sau: slava [mândria] lor este;
  3. Psalmii 90:11 Sau: Căci furia Ta este pe măsura fricii insuflate de Tine. Sensul ebraic al propoziţiei este nesigur
  4. Psalmii 90:17 Sau: splendoarea

Book 4

Psalms 90—106

God Is Eternal, and We Are Not

A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

90 Lord, you have been our home
    since the beginning.
Before the mountains were born,
    and before you created the earth and the world,
you are God.
    You have always been, and you will always be.

You turn people back into dust.
    You say, “Go back into dust, human beings.”
To you, a thousand years
    is like the passing of a day.
    It passes like an hour in the night.
While people sleep, you take their lives.
    They are like weeds that grow in the morning.
In the morning they are fresh and new.
    But by evening they dry up and die.

We are destroyed by your anger.
    We are terrified by your hot anger.
You have put the evil we have done right in front of you.
    You clearly see our secret sins.
All our days pass while you are angry.
    Our years end with a moan.
10 Our lifetime is 70 years.
    If we are strong, we may live to be 80.
But the years are full of hard work and pain.
    They pass quickly, and then we are gone.

11 Who knows the full power of your anger?
    Your anger is as great as our fear of you should be.
12 Teach us how short our lives really are
    so that we may be wise.

13 Lord, how long before you return
    and show kindness to your servants?
14 Fill us with your love every morning.
    Then we will sing and rejoice all our lives.
15 We have seen years of trouble.
    Now give us joy as you gave us sorrow.
16 Show your servants the wonderful things you do.
    Show your greatness to their children.
17 Lord our God, be pleased with us.
    Give us success in what we do.
    Yes, give us success in what we do.

BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
    throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born(B)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(C) you are God.(D)

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(E)
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(F)
Yet you sweep people away(G) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(H)

We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins(I) in the light of your presence.(J)
All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.(K)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(L)
    or eighty,(M) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(N)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(O)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(P) is as great as the fear that is your due.(Q)
12 Teach us to number our days,(R)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(S)

13 Relent, Lord! How long(T) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.(U)
14 Satisfy(V) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(W)
    that we may sing for joy(X) and be glad all our days.(Y)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.(Z)

17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.(AA)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

90 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.