1 A Prayer * h8605 of Moses * h4872 the man * h376 of God * h430. Lord * h136, thou hast been our dwelling place * h4583 in all * h1755 generations * h1755. A Prayer...: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of Moses in...: Heb. in generation and generation
2 Before the mountains * h2022 were brought forth * h3205 h8795, or ever thou hadst formed * h2342 h8787 the earth * h776 and the world * h8398, even from everlasting * h5769 to * h5704 everlasting * h5769, thou art God * h410.
3 Thou turnest * h7725 h8686 man * h582 to destruction * h1793; and sayest * h559 h8799, Return * h7725 h8798, ye children * h1121 of men * h120.
4 For a thousand * h505 years * h8141 in thy sight * h5869 are but as * h3117 yesterday * h865 when it is past * h5674 h8799, and as a watch * h821 in the night * h3915. when...: or, when he hath passed them
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood * h2229 h8804; they are as a sleep * h8142: in the morning * h1242 they are like grass * h2682 which groweth up * h2498 h8799. groweth...: or, is changed
6 In the morning * h1242 it flourisheth * h6692 h8686, and groweth up * h2498 h8804; in the evening * h6153 it is cut down * h4135 h8787, and withereth * h3001 h8804.
7 For we are consumed * h3615 h8804 by thine anger * h639, and by thy wrath * h2534 are we troubled * h926 h8738.
8 Thou hast set * h7896 h8804 our iniquities * h5771 before thee, our secret * h5956 h8803 sins in the light * h3974 of thy countenance * h6440.
9 For all our days * h3117 are passed away * h6437 h8804 in thy wrath * h5678: we spend * h3615 h8765 our years * h8141 as a tale * h1899 that is told . passed...: Heb. turned away as a...: or, as a meditation
10 The days * h3117 of our years * h8141 are threescore * h7657 years * h8141 and ten * h7657; and if by reason of strength * h1369 they be fourscore * h8084 years * h8141, yet is their strength * h7296 labour * h5999 and sorrow * h205; for it is soon * h2440 cut off * h1468 h8804, and we fly away * h5774 h8799. The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years
11 Who knoweth * h3045 h8802 the power * h5797 of thine anger * h639? even according to thy fear * h3374, so is thy wrath * h5678.
12 So teach * h3045 h8685 us to number * h4487 h8800 our days * h3117, that we may apply * h935 h8686 our hearts * h3824 unto wisdom * h2451. apply: Heb. cause to come
13 Return * h7725 h8798, O LORD * h3068, how long? and let it repent * h5162 h8734 thee concerning thy servants * h5650.
14 O satisfy * h7646 h8761 us early * h1242 with thy mercy * h2617; that we may rejoice * h7442 h8762 and be glad * h8055 h8799 all our days * h3117.
15 Make us glad * h8055 h8761 according to the days * h3117 wherein thou hast afflicted * h6031 h8765 us, and the years * h8141 wherein we have seen * h7200 h8804 evil * h7451.
16 Let thy work * h6467 appear * h7200 h8735 unto thy servants * h5650, and thy glory * h1926 unto their children * h1121.
17 And let the beauty * h5278 of the LORD * h3068 our God * h430 be upon us: and establish * h3559 h8786 thou the work * h4639 of our hands * h3027 upon us; yea, the work * h4639 of our hands * h3027 establish * h3559 h8786 thou it.