BOOK FOUR
(Psalms 90–106)
Of God and Human Beings
1 O Lord, you have always been our home.
2 Before you created the hills
or brought the world into being,
you were eternally God,
and will be God forever.
3 You tell us to return to what we were;
you change us back to dust.
4 A thousand years to you are like one day;
they are like yesterday, already gone,
like a short hour in the night.
5 You carry us away like a flood;
we last no longer than a dream.
We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,
6 that grow and burst into bloom,
then dry up and die in the evening.
7 We are destroyed by your anger;
we are terrified by your fury.
8 You place our sins before you,
our secret sins where you can see them.
9 Our life is cut short by your anger;
it fades away like a whisper.
10 Seventy years is all we have—
eighty years, if we are strong;
yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow;
life is soon over, and we are gone.
11 Who has felt the full power of your anger?
Who knows what fear your fury can bring?
12 Teach us how short our life is,
so that we may become wise.
13 How much longer will your anger last?
Have pity, O Lord, on your servants!
14 Fill us each morning with your constant love,
so that we may sing and be glad all our life.
15 Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us
during all our years of misery.
16 Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds;
let our descendants see your glorious might.
17 Lord our God, may your blessings be with us.
Give us success in all we do!
CETURTĀ GRĀMATA
Par Dieva mūžīgumu un cilvēka nīcību
1 Dieva vīra Mozus lūgšana.
Mans Kungs, tu esi bijis mums mājoklis
audžu audzēs!
2 Pirms kalni dzima
un pirms tu dzemdēji
zemi un pasauli,
no mūžiem līdz mūžiem tu – Dievs!
3 Tu cilvēku putekļiem atdod
un saki: dodieties atpakaļ, cilvēku bērni! –
4 Jo tūkstoš gadi tavās acīs
kā vakardiena, kas prom,
kā sardzes laiks, kas naktī.
5 Tu izlej miegu pār tiem,
no rīta – tie zāle, kas tvīkst,
6 no rīta tā zeļ, tad tvīkst,
līdz vakaram novīst un kalst.
7 Tā mēs nīkstam tavās dusmās,
un tavs naids mūs iztrūcina,
8 visas mūsu apgrēcības tavā priekšā,
mūsu noslēpumi – tava vaiga gaismā,
9 viss mūsu mūžs tavās dusmās pagaist,
mūsu gadi kā nopūta zūd.
10 Mūsu mūžs – septiņdesmit gadu
vai, kurš visai stiprs, astoņdesmit gadu,
viss šis laiks – pūles un posts,
garām ir, un – lidojam prom!
11 Kas zina tavu dusmu spēku
un tavu bardzību, kā tevi bijāt?
12 Māci mums skaitīt mūsu dienas,
ka dabūjam gudru sirdi!
13 Jel atgriezies, Kungs! Cik ilgi vēl?
Apžēlojies par saviem kalpiem!
14 Dari mūs sātus no rīta ar savu žēlastību,
tad līksmosim un priecāsimies ik dienas!
15 Tik dienu mūs priecē, cik tu mūs sāpināji,
tik gadu, cik piedzīvojām ļaunu!
16 Lai tavi kalpi redz tavus darbus
un tavu godību – viņu bērni!
17 Lai mana Kunga, mūsu Dieva,
jaukums pār mums!
Liec mūsu roku pūliņiem izdoties,
mūsu roku pūliņiem – izdoties!
