1 - ?BOOK IV: Psalms 90?106?
?A prayer of Moses the man of God.?
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 - Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 - You turn people back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, you mortals."
4 - A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
5 - Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death - they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 - In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 - We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
8 - You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 - All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
10 - Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 - If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
12 - Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 - Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
14 - Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 - Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 - May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
17 - May the favor