1. A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.
2. Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God.
3. And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men.
4. For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by, and they are like a watch of the night,
5. which was held for nothing: so their years shall be.
6. In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.
7. For, at your wrath, we have withered away, and we have been disturbed by your fury.