1. A prayer of Moses the man of God. My Lord, You have been our dwelling from generation to generation.
2. Before the mountains were born, or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God!
3. You turn mankind back to dust, saying, “Return, children of Adam!”
4. For a thousand years in Your sight are like a day just passing by, or like a watch in the night.
5. You sweep them away in their sleep. In the morning they are like sprouting grass—
6. in the morning it flourishes and springs up, by evening it withers and dries up.
7. For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
8. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9. For all our days have passed away under Your wrath. We spent our years like a sigh.