1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

2 B efore mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou God.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3 T hou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

4 F or a thousand years in Thine eyes as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

5 T hou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

6 I n the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

7 F or we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

8 T hou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 F or all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

10 D ays of our years, in them seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 W ho knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath?

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 T o number our days aright let know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 T urn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

14 S atisfy us at morn Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 C ause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

16 L et Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

17 A nd let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.