³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵¹ With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

⁵² Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.

¹ Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.

² Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

³ You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

⁴ For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

⁵ You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

⁶ In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.

⁷ For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

⁸ You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹ For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

¹⁰ The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

¹¹ Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?

¹² So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹³ Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice 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 evil.

¹⁶ Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.

¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

⁴ He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

⁶ nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

⁸ You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

¹⁰ no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

¹¹ For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

¹² They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

¹³ You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.