Psalms 90 — parallel

90:1

Prière de Moïse, homme de Dieu.

A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

90:2

Avant que les montagnes fussent nées,

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

90:3

Tu fais rentrer les hommes dans la poussière,

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

90:4

Car mille ans sont, à tes yeux,

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that , or a watch of the night.

90:5

Tu les emportes, semblables à un songe,

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

90:6

Elle fleurit le matin, et elle passe,

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

90:7

Nous sommes consumés par ta colère,

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

90:8

Tu mets devant toi nos iniquités,

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

90:9

Tous nos jours disparaissent par ton courroux;

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.