Psalms 90

Great^{(i) 1} A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lorde, thou hast bene oure refuge from one generacyon to another. ² Before the mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastyng and worlde without ende. ³ Thou turnest man to destruccion. Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye chyldren of men. ⁴ For a thousande yeares in thy syght are but as yesterdaye, seynge that is past as a watch in the nyght. ⁵ As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly lyke the grasse, ⁶ In the mornyng it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cut downe and withered. ⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, & are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacyon. ⁸ Thou hast set oure misdedes before the, and oure secrete synnes in the lyght of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone: we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde. ¹⁰ The dayes of oure age are thre score yeares and ten: and though men be so stronge that they come to foure score yeares, yet is theyr strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, and we are gone. ¹¹ But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, for euen therafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. ¹² O teach vs, to nombre oure dayes, that we maye applye oure hertes vnto wysdome. ¹³ Turne the agayne (O Lorde) at the laste, and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes. ¹⁴ O satisfye vs with thy mercy, and that soone: so shall we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure lyfe. ¹⁵ Comforte vs agayne, now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs, and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersyte. ¹⁶ Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, and theyr chyldren thy glory. ¹⁷ And the glorious maiesty of the Lorde oure God be vpon vs: prospere thou the worke of oure handes vpon vs, O prospere thou oure handy worke.