0A PRAYER OF MOSES [THE] MAN OF <THE> GOD BOOK IV <p class=|pshdg| 0A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1O LORD A DWELLING PLACE YOU YOU HAVE BEEN OF US IN A GENERATION AND A GENERATION 1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
2<IN> BEFORE MOUNTAINS THEY WERE BORN AND YOU BROUGHT FORTH [THE] EARTH AND [THE] WORLD AND FROM ANTIQUITY UNTIL PERPETUITY YOU [ARE] GOD 2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
3YOU RETURN HUMANKIND TO CRUSHED MATTER AND YOU SAID RETURN O CHILDREN OF HUMANKIND 3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
4FOR A THOUSAND YEARS IN VIEW YOUR [ARE] LIKE A DAY OF YESTERDAY THAT IT PASSES AND A WATCH IN THE NIGHT 4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes,*NoteCloseSee 2 Peter 3:8. or a watch of the night.
5YOU FLOOD THEM SLEEP THEY ARE IN THE MORNING LIKE <THE> GRASS [WHICH] IT SPROUTS UP 5You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
6IN THE MORNING IT FLOURISHES AND IT SPROUTS UP TO THE EVENING IT WITHERS AND IT DRIES UP 6in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
7FOR WE COME TO AN END IN ANGER YOUR AND BY RAGE YOUR WE ARE TERRIFIED 7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
8YOU SET INIQUITIES OUR TO BEFORE YOU CONCEALED [SINS] OUR TO [THE] LIGHT OF FACE YOUR 8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9FOR ALL DAYS OUR THEY TURN IN FURY YOUR WE FINISH YEARS OUR LIKE A SIGH 9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
10[THE] DAYS OF YEARS OUR IN <THE> THEM [ARE] SEVENTY YEAR[S] AND IF BY STRENGTH<S> EIGHTY YEAR[S] AND PRIDE THEIR [IS] TOIL AND TROUBLE FOR IT PASSES AWAY QUICKLY AND WE FLEW AWAY! 10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11WHO? [IS] KNOWING [THE] STRENGTH OF ANGER YOUR AND [IS] LIKE FEAR YOUR FURY YOUR 11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
12TO COUNT DAYS OUR THUS TEACH [US] SO WE MAY BRING A HEART OF WISDOM 12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
13RETURN! O YAHWEH UNTIL WHEN? AND HAVE COMPASSION ON SERVANTS YOUR 13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
14SATISFY US IN THE MORNING COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR SO LET US SHOUT FOR JOY AND LET US REJOICE IN ALL DAYS OUR 14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15MAKE REJOICE US ACCORDING TO [THE] DAYS <OF> [WHICH] YOU AFFLICTED US [THE] YEARS <OF> [WHICH] WE SAW TROUBLE 15Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
16MAY IT APPEAR TO SERVANTS YOUR DEED[S] YOUR AND MAJESTY YOUR TO CHILDREN THEIR 16May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
17AND LET IT BE [THE] KINDNESS OF [THE] LORD GOD OUR TOWARDS US AND [THE] WORK OF HANDS OUR ESTABLISH! ON US AND [THE] WORK OF HANDS OUR ESTABLISH IT 17May the favor*NoteCloseOr beauty of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!