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Psalm 90

1 Moſes in his praier ſetteth before vs the eternal fauour of God toward his, 3 Who are nether admoniſhed by the breuitie of their life, 7 Nor by his plagues to be thankful, 12 Therefore Moſes praieth God to turne their hearts & continue his mercies toward them, & their poſteritie for euer.
¶ A praier of Moſes, the man of God.
1.LOrd, thou haſt bene our habitacion from generacion to generacion.
2.Before the mountaines were made, and before thou hadeſt formed the earth, & the worlde, euen from euerlaſting to euerlaſting thou art our God.
3.Thou turneſt man to deſtructiõ: againe thou ſaieſt, Returne, ye ſonnes of Adám.
4.For a thouſand yeres in thy ſight are as yeſterdaie when it is paſt, and as a watche in the night.
5.Thou haſt ouerflowed them: they are as a ſlepe: in the morning he groweth like the graſſe:
6.In the morning it floriſheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.
7.For we are conſumed by thine angre, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8.Thou haſt ſet our iniquities before thee, and our ſecret ſinnes in the light of thy countenance.
9.For all our dayes are paſt in thine angre: we haue ſpent our yeres as a thoght.
10.The time of our life is threſcore yeres & ten, and if they be of ſtrength, foure ſcore yeres: yet their ſtrength is but labour and ſorowe: for it is cut of quickely, and we flee away.
11.Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare is thine angre.
12.Teache vs ſo to nomber our dayes, that we maie applie our hearts vnto wiſdome.
13.Returne (ô Lord, how long?) and be 'pacified toward thy ſeruants.
14.Fil vs with thy mercie in the morning: ſo ſhal we reioyce and be glad all our dayes.
15.Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou haſt afflicted vs, & according to the yeres that we haue ſene euil.
16.Let thy worke be ſene toward thy ſeruants, & thy glorie vpon their childrẽ.
17.And let the beautie of ye Lord our God be vpon vs, and direct thou the worke of our hands vpon vs, euen direct the worke of our hands.

Notes

1:a.
Thus the Scripture vſeth to call the Prophetes.
1:b.
Thou haſt bene as an houſe and defence vnto vs in all our troubles & trauailes now this foure hũdreth yeres
2:c.
Thou haſt choſen vs to be thy people before ỹ fundacions of the worlde were laied.
3:d.
Moſes by lamẽting the frailtie & ſhortnes of mãs life moueth God to pitie
4:e.
Thogh man thinke his life long, wc is in dede moſte ſhort, yea, thogh it were a thouſand yeres: yet ĩ Gods ſight it is as nothing, and as the watche ỹ laſteth but thre houres.
5:f.
Thou takeſt thẽ away ſuddenly as with a flood
7:g.
Thou calleſt vs by thy rods to conſider the ſhortnes of our life, & for our ſinnes thou abbridgeſt our daies
9:h.
Our daies are not onely ſhort, but miſerable, foraſmuch as our ſinnes daily prouoke thy wrath
10:i.
Meaning, according to the commune ſtate of life
11:k.
If mans life for the moſte part be miſerable, muche more, if thy wrath lie vpõ it, as they, which feare thee onely knowe.
12:l.
Which is by conſidering the ſhortnes of our life & by meditating the heauenlie ioyes
13:m.
Meaning, wilt ỹ be angrie?
13:".
Or, take comfort in thy ſeruants.
16:n.
Euen thy mercie, ye is thy chiefeſt worke
16:o.
As Gods pomiſes apperteined aſwel to their poſteritie, as to thẽ, ſo Moſes praieth for the poſteritie
17:p.
Meaning yt it was obſcured, whẽ he ceaſed to do good to his Church
17:q.
For except ye guide vs wt thine holie Spirit, our entrepriſes cã haue no good ſucces.