A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,

For a thousand years in Thine eyes are as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation.

Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

He is saying of Jehovah, 'My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'

Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

He doth call Me, and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.

On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.

For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing.

When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!

Jehovah hath reigned, Excellency He hath put on, Jehovah put on strength, He girded Himself, Also -- established is the world, unmoved.

Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high is Jehovah,

Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

In whose hand are the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills are His.

Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:'

Where I sware in Mine anger, 'If they come in unto My rest !'

Honour and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary.

Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts.

Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

Say among nations, 'Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

The field exulteth, and all that is in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,

Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

Rejoice, ye righteous, in Jehovah, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness!

Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Jehovah in Zion is great, And high He is over all the peoples.

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And the statute He hath given to them.

O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.

I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.

Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.

For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah.

He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years.

Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.

Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.

Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power -- doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.

And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.

Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.

How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.

All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season.

The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,

Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah.

Give ye thanks to Jehovah -- call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts.

Sing ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders.

Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.

He is Jehovah our God, In all the earth are His judgments.

In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.

And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.

And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on.

They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

Teemed hath their land with frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings.

He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire is in their land.

And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.