¶ The. xc. Psalme.
¶ A prayer of Moseo the man of God. [unspec A]
LORDE, thou haste bene oure refuge* 1.1 from one generacyon to another.
Before the mountaynes were broughte forthe / or euer the earthe and the worlde were made thou arte God from euerla∣stynge and worlde without ende.
Thou causest man to returne vnto contry∣cion. Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye chyldren of men. * 1.2 For a thousande yea∣res in thy syghte are but as yestardaye / seinge that is past as a watch in the nyght.
As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade away sodenly lyke [unspec B] the grasse. In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cut downe {fleur-de-lys} (dryed vp) and wythered. For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacyon.
Thou haste set oure mysdedes before the, and our secrete synnes in the lyght of thy countenaunce. For when thou arte angrye, all oure dayes are gone: we brynge our yeares to an ende. as it were a tale that is tolde. The dayes of oure age are thre score yeares and ten: and though men be so stronge that they come to foure score yea∣res, yet is theyr strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, and we are gone. ▪But who regardeth the [unspec C] power of thy wrath, for euen therafter as a man feareth, so is thy dyspleasure. * 1.3 O teach vs, to nombre oure dayes, that we maye applye oure hertes vnto wysdome.
Turne the agayne (O Lorde) at the laste, and be gracyous vnto thy seruauntes. O satysfye vs with thy mercy, and that soone: so shall we reioyse and be glad al the dayes of oure lyfe, Comforte vs agayne, nowe after the tyme that thou haste plaged vs, and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersyte. Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, and theyr chyldren thy glory. and the gloryous maiesty of the Lorde oure God be vpon vs: prospere thou the worcke of oure handes vpon vs, O prospere thou oure handy worcke.