✧1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations. Copy✧2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. Copy✧3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” Copy✧4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. Copy✧5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— Copy✧6in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers. Copy✧7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. Copy✧8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. Copy✧9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.