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  • 1. &lt;A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.&gt;<br>
    Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
  • 2. Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
  • 3. You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
  • 4. For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
  • 5. ...
  • 6. In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
  • 7. We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
  • 8. You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
  • 9. For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
  • 10. The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
  • 11. Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
  • 12. So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
  • 13. Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
  • 14. In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
  • 15. Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
  • 16. Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
  • 17. Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.