PSALM 90


90:1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. L-rd, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.

90:3 Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'

90:4 For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

90:7 For we are consumed in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away.

90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.

90:9 For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; we bring our years to an end as a tale that is told.

90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but travail and vanity; for it is speedily gone, and we fly away.

90:11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, and Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee?

90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.

90:13 Return, O the Lord; how long? And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.

90:14 O satisfy us in the morning with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.

90:16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, and Thy glory upon their children.

90:17 And let the graciousness of the L-rd our God be upon us; establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.

 


Hebrew Transliteration

90:1 tephillâh lemosheh 'iysh-hâ'elohiym 'adhonây mâ`on 'attâhhâyiythâ lânu bedhor vâdhor

90:2 betherem hâriym yullâdhu vattecholêl'erets vethêbhêl umê`olâm `adh-`olâm 'attâh 'êl

90:3 tâshêbh 'enosh `adh-dakkâ' vatto'mer shubhu bhenêy-'âdhâm

90:4 kiy 'eleph shâniym be`êyneykhakeyom 'ethmol kiy ya`abhor ve'ashmurâh bhallâyelâh

90:5 zeramtâm shênâhyihyu babboqer kechâtsiyr yachaloph

90:6 babboqer yâtsiyts vechâlâph lâ`erebhyemolêl veyâbhêsh

90:7 kiy-khâliynu bhe'appekha ubhachamâthekha nibhhâlenu

90:8 shatâ [shattâh] `avonothêynu leneghdekha `alumênu lim'or pâneykha

90:9 kiy khol-yâmêynu pânu bhe`ebhrâthekha killiynu shânêynu khemo-hegheh

90:10 yemêy-shenothêynu bhâhem shibh`iym shânâh ve'im bighbhurothshemoniym shânâh verohbâm `âmâl vâ'âven kiy-ghâz chiysh vannâ`uphâh

90:11 miy-yodhêa` `oz 'appekha ukheyir'âthkha `ebhrâthekha

90:12 limnothyâmêynu kên hodha` venâbhi' lebhabh châkhmâh

90:13 shubhâh Adonay`adh-mâthây vehinnâchêm `al-`abhâdheykha

90:14 sabbe`ênu bhabboqerchasdekha unerannenâh venismechâh bekhol-yâmêynu

90:15 sammechênu.kiymoth `inniythânu shenoth râ'iynu râ`âh

90:16 yêrâ'eh 'el-`abhâdheykhapho`olekha vahadhârkha `al-benêyhem

90:17 viyhiy no`am 'adhonây'elohêynu `âlêynu uma`asêh yâdhêynu konenâh `âlêynu uma`asêhyâdhêynu konenêhu


This version of the psalms is from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS),
a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

The text is in the public domain.

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