46 He shortened the days of his youth, and covered him with shame.

47 How long, O Lord, wilt thou hide thyself continually, shall thy wrath burn like fire?

48 Remember what age I have: for what vanity hast thou created all the sons of men?

49 Who among men lived, and did not see death, delivered his soul from the hand of hell?

50 Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord? Thou hast sworn to David by Thy truth.

51 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I bear in my bosom from all mighty nations;

52 how thy enemies reproach, O Lord, how they profane the footsteps of thy anointed.

53 Blessed be the Lord for ever! Amen, amen.

Psalm 89

1 The Prayer of Moses, the Man of God.

2 Lord! You are our refuge in generation and generation.

3 Before the mountains were born, thou didst form the earth and the world, and from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.

4 Thou dost bring man back to corruption, and say, [Return, O sons of men!]

5 For a thousand years are before Thy eyes, as the day of yesterday, when it was past, and as a watch in the night.

6 Thou hast carried them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that grows in the morning, blooms and turns green in the morning, cuts and dries up in the evening;

7 for we perish from thy wrath, and from thy wrath we are troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, and our secrets before the light of Thy countenance.

9 All our days have passed in thy wrath; We lose our years like a sound.

The 10 days of our years are seventy years, and with greater strength, eighty years; and the best time for them is work and sickness, for they pass quickly, and we fly.

11 Who knoweth the strength of thy wrath, and thy wrath according to the measure of thy fear?

12 Teach us to number our days in such a way, that we may acquire a wise heart.