A Prayer of Moses the man
of God.
Lord, thou
hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
02 Before the mountains were brought forth, or
ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art
God.
03 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest,
Return, ye children of men.
04 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as
yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the
night.
05 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they
are as a sleep: in the morning they are like
grass which groweth up.
06 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;
in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
07 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy
wrath are we troubled.
08 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our
secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
09 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
we spend our years as a tale that is told.
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10 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 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even
according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent
thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may
rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein
thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we
have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy
glory unto their children.
17 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.
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