1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. |
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. |
3 You turn man to destruction, And say, "Return, O children of men." |
4 For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. |
5 You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: |
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers. |
7 For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified. |
8 You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. |
9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. |
10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. |
11 Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. |
12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. |
13 Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. |
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! |
15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil. |
16 Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children. |
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. |