1A prayer by Moses, the man of God. My Lord, You have been a shelter for us in every generation.
2Before the mountains came into being, before You created the earth and the world-for ever and ever You are Almighty God.
3You diminish man until he is crushed, and You say, "Return, you children of man.”
4Indeed, a thousand years are in Your eyes like yesterday that has passed, like a watch of the night.
5The stream of their life is as but a slumber; in the morning they are like grass that sprouts anew.
6In the morning it thrives and sprouts anew; in the evening it withers and dries.
7For we are consumed by Your anger, and destroyed by Your wrath.
8You have set our wrongdoings before You, our hidden sins before the light of Your countenance.
9For all our days have vanished in Your wrath; we cause our years to pass like a fleeting sound.
10The days of our lives number seventy years, and if in great vigor, eighty years; most of them are but travail and futility, passing quickly and flying away.
11Who can know the intensity of Your anger? Your wrath is commensurate with one's fear of You.
12Teach us, then, to reckon our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
13Relent, O Lord; how long [will Your anger last]? Have compassion upon Your servants.
14Satiate us in the morning with Your kindness, then we shall sing and rejoice throughout our days.
15Give us joy corresponding to the days You afflicted us, the years we have seen adversity.
16Let Your work be revealed to Your servants, and Your splendor be upon their children.
17May the pleasantness of the Lord our God be upon us; establish for us the work of our hands; establish the work of our hands.