You led Your people like a flock
By the hand of Moses and Aaron [to the promised goal].

Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called on His name;
They called upon the Lord and He answered them.

He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.

He sent Moses His servant,
And Aaron, whom He had chosen.

They envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the Lord,

Therefore He said He would destroy them,
[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

They provoked Him to anger at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

Because they were rebellious against His Spirit,
Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.