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A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1. a Lord, You have been our dwelling place
b in every generation.
2. a Before the mountains were brought forth,
b or even before You formed the earth and the world,
3. a From everlasting to everlasting
b You are God.
II
4. a You turn man back to dust,
b You say, “Turn back, humankind.”
5. a For a thousand years in Your sight
b are but as yesterday when it is past,
c like a watch in the night.
6. a You engulf them with sleep,a
b in the morning they are like grass, renewed,
7. a In the morning it sprouts anew,
b by evening it withers and dries.
III
8. a For we are consumed in Your wrath,
b in Your anger we are overwhelmed.
9. a You set our transgressions before You,
b our hidden faults [revealed] in the light of Your face.
10. a All our days slip away in Your fury,
b we use up our years like a sigh.
11. a The days of our years [are] but seventy,
b or if in great strength, eighty years—
12. a Their span is trouble and grief,
b for swiftly [they are] cut down,a and we fly off.
13. a Who can know the power of Your wrath?
b As the fear of You, so is Your fury.
IV
14. a So teach us to number our days,
b that we may get a heart of wisdom.
15. a Return, O Lord! How long?
b Have pity on Your servants.
16. a Sate us in the morning with Your kindness,
b that we may sing and rejoice all our days.
17. a Give us gladness, as the days You have afflicted us,
b the years we saw evil.
18. a Let Your deeds be seen by Your servants,
b Your glory by their children
19. a Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us.
b the work of our hands firmly founded for us,
c the work of our hands firmly found!
