From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, You have been our adwelling place from generation to generation.
2 Before athe mountains were born
Or You bbrought forth the earth and the world,
Even cfrom everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You aturn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O sons of men.”
4 For aa thousand years in Your sight
Are like byesterday when it passes by,
Or as a cwatch in the night.
5 You ahave swept them away like a flood, they bfall asleep;
In the morning they are like cgrass which sprouts anew.
6 In the morning it ablossoms and sprouts anew;
Toward evening it bwithers away and cdries up.
7 For we have been aconsumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.
8 You have aset our iniquities before You,
Our bsecret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 For aall our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.
10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to might, aeighty years,
Yet their pride is but blabor and wickedness;
For soon it is gone and we cfly away.
11 Who knows the apower of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the bfear that is due You?
12 So ateach us to number our days,
That we may bpresent to You a heart of wisdom.
13 aReturn, O Yahweh; bhow long will it be?
And be csorry for Your slaves.
14 O asatisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may bsing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 aMake us glad according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the byears we have seen evil.
16 Let Your awork appear to Your slaves
And Your bmajesty to their sons.
17 Let the afavor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And bestablish for us the work of our hands;
Establish the work of our hands.