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