Psalms 90

tefillah lemosheh ish-ha'elohim adonay ma'on attah hayita lanu bedor vador

A prayer of Moses, the agent of God. O my Sovereign, You have been our refuge in every generation.

beterem harim yulladu vattekholel erets vetevel ume'olam ad-olam attah el

Before the mountains came into being, before You brought forth the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity You are God.

tashev enosh ad-dakka vattomer shuvu vene-adam

You return humans to dust; You decreed, “Return, you mortals!”

ki elef shanim be'enekha keyom etmol ki ya'avor ve'ashmurah vallayelah

For in Your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that has passed, like a watch of the night.

zeramtam shenah yihyu babboqer kekhatsir yakhalof

You engulf mortals in sleep; at daybreak they are like grass that renews itself;

babboqer yatsits vekhalaf la'erev yemolel veyavesh

at daybreak it flourishes anew; by dusk it withers and dries up.

ki-khalinu ve'appekha uvakhamatekha nivhalenu

So we are consumed by Your anger, terror-struck by Your fury.

shatta avonotenu lenegdekha alumenu limor panekha

You have set our iniquities before You, our hidden sins in the light of Your face.

ki khol-yamenu panu ve'evratekha killinu shanenu khemo-hegeh

All our days pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years like a sigh.

yeme-shenotenu vahem shivim shanah ve'im bigvurot shemonim shanah verohbam amal va'aven ki-gaz khish vanna'ufah

The span of our life is seventy years, or, given the strength, eighty years; but the best of them are trouble and sorrow. They pass by speedily, and we are in darkness.

mi-yodea oz appekha ukheyiratekha evratekha

Who can know Your furious anger? Your wrath matches the fear of You.

limnot yamenu ken hoda venavi levav khokhmah

Teach us to count our days rightly, that we may obtain a wise heart.

shuvah Adonai ad-matay vehinnakhem al-avadekha

Turn, O ETERNAL One! How long? Show mercy to Your servants.

sabbe'enu vabboqer khasdekha unerannenah venismekhah bekhol-yamenu

Satisfy us at daybreak with Your steadfast love that we may sing for joy all our days.

sammekhenu kimot innitanu shenot ra'inu ra'ah

Give us joy for as long as You have afflicted us, for the years we have suffered misfortune.

yera'eh el-avadekha fo'olekha vahadarekha al-benehem

Let Your deeds be seen by Your servants, Your glory by their children.

vihi no'am adonay elohenu alenu uma'aseh yadenu konenah alenu uma'aseh yadenu konenehu

May the favor of my Sovereign, our God, be upon us; let the work of our hands prosper, O prosper the work of our hands!