1<\/sup>A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered spider:<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>the days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.<\/span> <\/p>\n