¹Oratio Moysi,A prayer of Moses,hominis Dei.the man of God.Domine,O Lord,refugium factus es nobis a generatione in generationem.you have been our refuge from generation to generation.

¹Oratio Moysi,A prayer of Moses,hominis Dei.the man of God.Domine,O Lord,refugium factus es nobis a generatione in generationem.you have been our refuge from generation to generation.

²Priusquam montes fierent,Before the mountains became,aut formaretur terra et orbis,or the land was formed along with the world:a sæculo et usque in sæculum tu es,from ages past, even to all ages,Deus.you are God.

²Priusquam montes fierent,Before the mountains became,aut formaretur terra et orbis,or the land was formed along with the world:a sæculo et usque in sæculum tu es,from ages past, even to all ages,Deus.you are God.

³Ne avertas hominem in humilitatem:And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation,et dixisti:you have said:Convertimini,Be converted,filii hominum.O sons of men.

³Ne avertas hominem in humilitatem:And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation,et dixisti:you have said:Convertimini,Be converted,filii hominum.O sons of men.

⁴Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos tamquam dies hesterna quæ præteriit:For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by,et custodia in nocteand they are like a watch of the night,

⁴Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos tamquam dies hesterna quæ præteriit:For a thousand years before your eyes are like the days of yesterday, which have passed by,et custodia in nocteand they are like a watch of the night,

⁵quæ pro nihilo habentur,which was held for nothing:eorum anni erunt.so their years shall be.

⁵quæ pro nihilo habentur,which was held for nothing:eorum anni erunt.so their years shall be.

⁶Mane sicut herba transeat;In the morning, he may pass away like grass;mane floreat, et transeat;in the morning, he may flower and pass away.vespere decidat,In the evening, he will fall,induret,and harden,et arescat.and become dry.

⁶Mane sicut herba transeat;In the morning, he may pass away like grass;mane floreat, et transeat;in the morning, he may flower and pass away.vespere decidat,In the evening, he will fall,induret,and harden,et arescat.and become dry.

⁷Quia defecimus in ira tua,For, at your wrath, we have withered away,et in furore tuo turbati sumus.and we have been disturbed by your fury.

⁷Quia defecimus in ira tua,For, at your wrath, we have withered away,et in furore tuo turbati sumus.and we have been disturbed by your fury.

⁸Posuisti iniquitates nostras in conspectu tuo;You have placed our iniquities in your sight,sæculum nostrum in illuminatione vultus tui.our age in the illumination of your countenance.

⁸Posuisti iniquitates nostras in conspectu tuo;You have placed our iniquities in your sight,sæculum nostrum in illuminatione vultus tui.our age in the illumination of your countenance.

⁹Quoniam omnes dies nostri defecerunt,For all our days have faded away, and at your wrath,et in ira tua defecimus. Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur;we have fainted. Our years will be considered to be like a spider’s web.

⁹Quoniam omnes dies nostri defecerunt,For all our days have faded away, and at your wrath,et in ira tua defecimus. Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur;we have fainted. Our years will be considered to be like a spider’s web.

¹⁰dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis septuaginta anni.The days of our years in them are seventy years.Si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni,But in the powerful,et amplius eorum laborthey are eighty years,et dolor;and more of these are with hardship and sorrow.quoniam supervenit mansuetudo,For mildness has overwhelmed us,et corripiemur.and we shall be corrected.

¹⁰dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis septuaginta anni.The days of our years in them are seventy years.Si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni,But in the powerful,et amplius eorum laborthey are eighty years,et dolor;and more of these are with hardship and sorrow.quoniam supervenit mansuetudo,For mildness has overwhelmed us,et corripiemur.and we shall be corrected.

¹¹Quis novit potestatem iræ tuæ,Who knows the power of your wrath?et præ timore tuo iram tuamAnd, before fear, can your wrath

¹¹Quis novit potestatem iræ tuæ,Who knows the power of your wrath?et præ timore tuo iram tuamAnd, before fear, can your wrath

¹²dinumerare?be numbered?Dexteram tuam sic notam fac,So make known your right hand,et eruditos corde in sapientia.along with men learned in heart, in wisdom.

¹²dinumerare?be numbered?Dexteram tuam sic notam fac,So make known your right hand,et eruditos corde in sapientia.along with men learned in heart, in wisdom.

¹³Convertere,Return,Domine;O Lord,usquequo?how long?et deprecabilis esto super servos tuos.And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants.

¹³Convertere,Return,Domine;O Lord,usquequo?how long?et deprecabilis esto super servos tuos.And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants.

¹⁴Repleti sumus mane misericordia tua;We were filled in the morning with your mercy,et exsultavimus,and we exultedet delectati sumus omnibus diebus nostris.and delighted all our days.

¹⁴Repleti sumus mane misericordia tua;We were filled in the morning with your mercy,et exsultavimus,and we exultedet delectati sumus omnibus diebus nostris.and delighted all our days.

¹⁵Lætati sumus pro diebus quibus nos humiliasti;We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us,annis quibus vidimus mala.because of the years in which we saw evils.

¹⁵Lætati sumus pro diebus quibus nos humiliasti;We have been rejoicing, because of the days in which you humbled us,annis quibus vidimus mala.because of the years in which we saw evils.

¹⁶Respice in servos tuos et in opera tua,Look down upon your servants and upon their works,et dirige filios eorum.and direct their sons.

¹⁶Respice in servos tuos et in opera tua,Look down upon your servants and upon their works,et dirige filios eorum.and direct their sons.

¹⁷Et sit splendor Domini Dei nostri super nos,And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us.et opera manuum nostrarum dirige super nos,And so, direct the works of our hands over us;et opus manuum nostrarum dirige.direct even the work of our hands.

¹⁷Et sit splendor Domini Dei nostri super nos,And may the splendor of the Lord our God be upon us.et opera manuum nostrarum dirige super nos,And so, direct the works of our hands over us;et opus manuum nostrarum dirige.direct even the work of our hands.