1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
3 Thou turnest man to destruction,
4 For a thousand years in thy sight
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep:
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;
7 For we are consumed in thine anger,
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten,
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger,
12 So teach us to number our days,
13 Return, O Jehovah; how long?
14 Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness,
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants,
17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;