[1]A PrayerH8605of MosesH4872the manH376of GodH430. LordH136, thou hast been our dwelling placeH4583in allH1755generationsH1755.[2]Before the mountainsH2022were brought forthH3205[H8795], or ever thou hadst formedH2342[H8787]the earthH776and the worldH8398, even from everlastingH5769toH5704everlastingH5769, thou art GodH410.[3]Thou turnestH7725[H8686]manH582to destructionH1793; and sayestH559[H8799], ReturnH7725[H8798], ye childrenH1121of menH120.[4]For a thousandH505yearsH8141in thy sightH5869are but asH3117yesterdayH865when it is pastH5674[H8799], and as a watchH821in the nightH3915.[5]Thou carriest them away as with a floodH2229[H8804];they are as a sleepH8142: in the morningH1242they are like grassH2682which groweth upH2498.[H8799][6]In the morningH1242it flourishethH6692[H8686], and groweth upH2498[H8804]; in the eveningH6153it is cut downH4135[H8787], and witherethH3001.[H8804][7]For we are consumedH3615[H8804]by thine angerH639, and by thy wrathH2534are we troubledH926.[H8738][8]Thou hast setH7896[H8804]our iniquitiesH5771before thee, our secretH5956[H8803]sins in the lightH3974of thy countenanceH6440.[9]For all our daysH3117are passed awayH6437[H8804]in thy wrathH5678: we spendH3615[H8765]our yearsH8141as a tale that is toldH1899.[10]The daysH3117of our yearsH8141are threescoreH7657yearsH8141and tenH7657; and if by reason of strengthH1369they be fourscoreH8084yearsH8141, yet is their strengthH7296labourH5999and sorrowH205; for it is soonH2440cut offH1468[H8804], and we fly awayH5774.[H8799][11]Who knowethH3045[H8802]the powerH5797of thine angerH639? even according to thy fearH3374, so is thy wrathH5678.[12]So teachH3045[H8685]us to numberH4487[H8800]our daysH3117, that we may applyH935[H8686]our heartsH3824unto wisdomH2451.[13]ReturnH7725[H8798],O LORDH3068, how long? and let it repentH5162[H8734]thee concerning thy servantsH5650.[14]O satisfyH7646[H8761]us earlyH1242with thy mercyH2617; that we may rejoiceH7442[H8762]and be gladH8055[H8799]all our daysH3117.[15]Make us gladH8055[H8761]according to the daysH3117wherein thou hast afflictedH6031[H8765]us, and the yearsH8141wherein we have seenH7200[H8804]evilH7451.[16]Let thy workH6467appearH7200[H8735]unto thy servantsH5650, and thy gloryH1926unto their childrenH1121.[17]And let the beautyH5278of the LORDH3068our GodH430be upon us: and establishH3559[H8786]thou the workH4639of our handsH3027upon us; yea, the workH4639of our handsH3027establishH3559thou itH8786.