Psalms 90
1(Tefillah of Moshe, ish HaElohim) 1
2Before the harim were brought forth, 1 or ever Thou hadst formed eretz and the tevel (inhabited world), 1 even from olam ad olam, 1 Thou art El (G-d). 1
3Thou turnest enosh to dakka (dust); 1 and sayest, Shuvu, ye Bnei Adam. 1
4For an elef shanim in Thy sight 1 are but as yom etmol (yesterday) when it is past, 1 and as an ashmurah (watch, division of time) in the lailah. 1
5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; 1 they are as a sheinah (sleep); 1 in the boker they are like khatzir (grass) which withereth. 1
6In the boker it flourisheth, and groweth up; 1 in the erev it is cut down, and drieth up. 1
7For we are consumed by Thine anger, 1 and by Thy chemah are we troubled. 1
8Thou hast set avonoteinu before Thee, 1 our secret sins in the ohr of Thy countenance. 1
9For kol yameinu are passed away in Thy evrah (fury); 1 we spend shaneinu (our years) like a sigh. 1
10The yamim of shnoteinu (our years, life) are threescore shanah and ten; 1 and if by reason of gevurot they are fourscore shanah, 1 yet is their boast amal (trouble, toil) and sorrow; 1 for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 1
11Who has da'as of the oz (power) of Thine anger? 1 Thy evrah is as great as Thy yirah (fear of, reverence owed G-d). 1
12So teach us to number yameinu, 1 that we may apply levav unto chochmah. 1
13Shuvah, Hashem. Ad mosai? 1 Have compassion on Thy avadim. 1
14O satisfy us baboker with Thy chesed; 1 that we may sing for joy and be glad kol yameinu (all our days). 1
15Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, 1 and the years wherein we have seen ra'ah. 1
16Let Thy work appear unto Thy avadim, 1 and Thy glory unto their banim. 1
17And let the no'am (favor, delightfulness) of Adonoi Eloheinu be upon us; 1 and establish Thou the ma'aseh yadeinu upon us; 1 yes, the ma'aseh yadeinu establish Thou it.