Psalm 90

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Lord, | thou hast • been our | refuge ||

from | one • gene- | ration • to an- | other. ||

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, * or ever the earth and the | world were | made ||

thou art God from ever- | 3 lasting, and | world with•out | end. ||

3 Thou turnest | man • to de- | struction ||

again thou sayest, Come a- | gain, ye | 3 children of | men. ||

4 For a thousand years in thy sight 3 are | but as | yester•day ||

seeing that is | past • as a | watch • in the | night. ||

5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are | even • as a | sleep ||

and fade away | sudden•ly | like the | grass. ||

6 In the morning it is | green, and • groweth | up ||

but in the evening it is cut | down, dried | up, and | withered. ||

7 For we consume a- | way in • thy dis- | pleasure ||

and are a- | fraid • at thy | wrathful • indig- | nation. ||

8 Thou hast set our mis- | deeds be- | fore thee ||

and our secret | sins • in the | 3 light of thy | counte•nance. ||

9 For when thou art angry | all our • days are | gone ||

we bring our years to an end, | as it • were a | tale • that is | told. ||

10 The days of our age are threescore | years and | ten; ||

and though men be so | strong • that they | come to | fourscore • years ||

yet is their strength then but | 3 labour and | sorrow; ||

so soon | passeth • it a- | way, and • we are | gone. ||

11 But who regardeth the | 3 power of thy | wrath? ||

for even thereafter as a man | feareth, | so is • thy dis- | pleasure. ||

12 So teach us to | 3 number our | days ||

that we may ap- | ply our | hearts • unto | wisdom. ||

13 Turn thee again, O | Lord, • at the | last ||

and be | gracious | 3 unto thy | servants. ||

14 O satisfy us with thy | mercy, and • that | soon ||

so shall we rejoice and be | glad • all the | 3 days of our | life. ||

15 Comfort us again now after the | time that • thou hast | plagued us ||

and for the years where- | in • we have | 3 suffered ad- | versi•ty. ||

16 Shew thy servants thy work, and their | 3 children thy | glory. ||

17 And the glorious majesty of the | Lord our | God • be up- | on us ||

prosper thou the | 3 work of our | hands up•on us, ||

O | prosper | thou our | handi•work. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||