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| [1]A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. |
[1]A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation, |
| [2]Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. |
[2]Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God. |
| [3]Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. |
[3]Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men. |
| [4]For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. |
[4]For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night. |
| [5]Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth. |
[5]Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. |
| [6]In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
[6]In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered. |
| [7]For we are consumed by thy anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. |
[7]For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled. |
| [8]Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. |
[8]Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face, |
| [9]For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is told. |
[9]For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation. |
| [10]The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. |
[10]Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away. |
| [11]Who knoweth the power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. |
[11]Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath? |
| [12]So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. |
[12]To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom. |
| [13]Return, O LORD, how long? and repent thou concerning thy servants. |
[13]Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants. |
| [14]O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
[14]Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days. |
| [15]Make us glad according to the days in which thou hast afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. |
[15]Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil. |
| [16]Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory to their children. |
[16]Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons. |
| [17]And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yes, the work of our hands establish thou it. |
[17]And 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! |