Psalms:90

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* «A Prayer of Moses (note :)Thus the Scripture refers to the prophets .(:note ) the man of God .» Lord , thou hast been our You have been as a house and defence to us in all our troubles and travels now this four hundred years . dwelling place in all generations . * Before the (note :)You have chosen us to be your people before the foundations of the world were laid .(:note ) mountains were brought forth , or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world , even from everlasting to everlasting , thou [art ] God . * Thou (note :)Moses by lamenting the frailty and shortness of man 's life moves God to pity .(:note ) turnest man to destruction ; and sayest , Return , ye children of men . * * Thou (note :)You take them away suddenly as with a flood .(:note ) carriest them away as with a flood ; they are [as ] a sleep : in the morning [they are ] like grass [which ] groweth up . * In the morning it florisheth and groweth , but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth . * For we are (note :)You called us by the rods to consider the storms of our life and for our sins you shorten our days .(:note ) consumed by thine anger , and by thy wrath are we troubled . * Thou hast set our iniquities before thee , and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance . * For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we (note :)Our days are not only short but miserable as our sins daily provoke your wrath .(:note ) spend our years as a tale [that is told ]. * The days of our years [are ] threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength [they be ] (note :)Meaning according to the common state of life .(:note ) fourscore years , yet [is ] their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off , and we fly away . * * So teach [us ] to number our days , that we may apply [our ] hearts unto (note :)Which is by considering the shortness of our life , and by meditating the heavenly joys .(:note ) wisdom . * Return , O LORD , (note :)Meaning , will you be angry ?(:note ) how long ? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants . * Fill vs with thy mercie in the morning : so shall we reioyce and be glad all our dayes . * Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs , and according to the yeeres that we haue seene euill . * * And let the (note :)Meaning , that is was obscured when he ceases to do good to his Church .(:note ) beauty of the LORD our God be upon us : and For unless you guide us with your Holy Spirit , our enterprises cannot succeed . establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; yea , the work of our hands establish thou it .

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