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[A Prayer of Moses the man of God.]
[1] Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
[2] Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
[3] Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
[4] For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
[5] Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
[6] In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
[7] For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
[8] Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
[9] For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
[10] As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
[11] Who knows the power of thy wrath?
[12] and who knows how to number his days because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
[13] Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
[14] We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
[15] let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
[16] And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.
[17] And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
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