http://www.faith.com/library/prayer/ancient.html
The link above is a place where you can look up all different prayers from all different religions and even different periods.
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
O Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation.
Before the mountains came into being,
before You brought forth the earth and the world,
from century to eternity You are God.
Before the mountains came into being,
before You brought forth the earth and the world,
from century to eternity You are God.
You return man to dust;
You decreed, "Return you mortals!"
For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that has past,
like a watch of the night.
You engulf men in sleep;
at daybreak they are like grass that renews itself;
at daybreak it flourishes anew;
by dusk it withers and dries up.
So we are consumed by Your anger,
terror-struck by Your fury.
You have set our iniquities before You,
our hidden sins in the light of Your face.
All our days pass away in Your wrath;
we spend our years like a sigh.
The span of our life is seventy years,
or, given the strength, eighty years;
but the best of them are trouble and sorrow.
They pass by speedily, and we are in darkness.
Who can know Your furious anger?
Your wrath matches the fear of You.
Teach us to count our days rightly,
that we may obtain a wise heart.
You decreed, "Return you mortals!"
For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that has past,
like a watch of the night.
You engulf men in sleep;
at daybreak they are like grass that renews itself;
at daybreak it flourishes anew;
by dusk it withers and dries up.
So we are consumed by Your anger,
terror-struck by Your fury.
You have set our iniquities before You,
our hidden sins in the light of Your face.
All our days pass away in Your wrath;
we spend our years like a sigh.
The span of our life is seventy years,
or, given the strength, eighty years;
but the best of them are trouble and sorrow.
They pass by speedily, and we are in darkness.
Who can know Your furious anger?
Your wrath matches the fear of You.
Teach us to count our days rightly,
that we may obtain a wise heart.
Turn, O LORD!
How long?
Show mercy to Your servants.
Satisfy us at daybreak with Your steadfast love
That we may sing for joy all our days.
Give us joy for as long as You have afflicted us,
for the years we have suffered misfortune.
Let Your deeds be seen by Your servants,
Your glory by their children.
May the favor of the LORD, our God, be upon us;
let the work of our hands prosper,
O prosper the work of our hands!
How long?
Show mercy to Your servants.
Satisfy us at daybreak with Your steadfast love
That we may sing for joy all our days.
Give us joy for as long as You have afflicted us,
for the years we have suffered misfortune.
Let Your deeds be seen by Your servants,
Your glory by their children.
May the favor of the LORD, our God, be upon us;
let the work of our hands prosper,
O prosper the work of our hands!
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