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A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 O Lord, thou hast been unto us from generation, to generation, a place of fixed mansion. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, ere earth and world by thee were form’d: thou are eternally God to eternity.
3 Thou dost unto destruction turn miserable men: and then thou say’st ye sons of men do ye return again. 4 For why, O Lord, a thousand years are but within thy sight as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch by night.
5 By thee like as it were a flood they quite away are borne, they like a sleep, and as the grass that grows up in the morn. 6 It in the morning flourisheth, it also up doth grow; it in the ev’ning is cut down it withereth also.
7 Because we by thine anger are consumed speedily: and by thy sore displeasure we are troubl’d suddenly. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee in thy sight: our secret evils are within thy countenance’s light.
9 Because in thine exceeding wrath our days all pass away: our years we have consumed quite, ev’n as a tale are they. 10 Threescore and ten years are the days of our years which remain, and if through strength they fourscore be, their strength is grief and pain:
for it’s cut off soon, and we fly 11 away: Who is doth know thine anger’s strength? according as thy fear, thy wrath is so. 12 Teach us to count our days: our hearts so we’ll on wisdom set. 13 Turn Lord, how long? of thy servants let it repent thee yet?
14 O give us satisfaction betimes with thy mercy: that so rejoice, and be right glad, through all our days may we. 15 According to the days wherein affliction we have had, and years wherein we have seen ill, now also make us glad.
16 Unto those that thy servants be do thou thy work declare: also thy comely glory to those that thy children are. 17 Let our God’s beauty be on us, our handyworks also stablish on us; our handyworks establish it do thou.