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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, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation, |
[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 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 unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men. |
[3]Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons 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 Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night. |
[5]Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. |
[5]Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. |
[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 hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered. |
[7]For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been 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 hidden things at the light of Thy face, |
[8]Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face, |
[9]For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation. |
[9]For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation. |
[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]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 Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath? |
[11]Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath? |
[12]To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom. |
[12]To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom. |
[13]Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants. |
[13]Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants. |
[14]Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days. |
[14]Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days. |
[15]Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years 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 unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons. |
[16]Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons. |
[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 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! |