Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
BOOK IV
(Psalms 90–106)
Psalm 90
Eternal God and Mortal Man
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord, You have been our refuge[a]
in every generation.(A)
2 Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.(B)
3 You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”(C)
4 For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.(D)
5 You end their lives;[b] they sleep.(E)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
6 in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.(F)
13 Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.(A)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.(B)
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.(C)
16 Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.(D)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!(E)
44 Moses came with Joshua[a] son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the presence of the people. 45 After Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law. 47 For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
39 You pore over[a] the Scriptures(A) because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.(B) 40 And you are not willing(C) to come to Me(D) so that you may have life.
41 “I do not accept glory(E) from men, 42 but I know you—that you have no love for God(F) within you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name,(G) yet you don’t accept Me.(H) If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe? While accepting glory from one another, you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only(I) God.(J) 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(K) on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. 47 But if you don’t believe his writings,(L) how will you believe My words?”(M)
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