A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.
So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you.
They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
“With a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation.”
A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this:
The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath.
That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?
For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods,
“For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
Sing to the LORD a new song; Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
A Psalm. O sing to the LORD a new song, For He has done wonderful things, His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.
O LORD our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds.
A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
A Psalm of David. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You.
For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.
My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
“Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.
He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it.
And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their territory.
He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to illumine by night.
He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.
And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout.
So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them.
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