BOOK 4
God's Eternity and Man's Transitoriness.
2
Before the
mountains were
born Or You
gave birth to the
earth and the
world, Even from
everlasting to
everlasting, You are
God.
3
You
turn man back into
dust And
say, "Re
turn, O
children of
men."
4
For a
thousand years in Your
sight Are like
yesterday * when it
passes by, Or as a
watch in the
night.
5
You have
swept them
away like a
flood, they
fall asleep ; In the
morning they are like
grass which
sprouts anew.
7
For we have
been consumed by Your
anger And by Your
wrath we have been
dismayed.
8
You have
placed our
iniquities before You, Our
secret sins in the
light of Your
presence.
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For
all our
days have
declined in Your
fury ; We have
finished our
years like a
sigh.
10
As for the
days of our
life, they contain
seventy years, Or
if due to
strength,
eighty years, Yet their
pride is but
labor and
sorrow ; For
soon it is
gone and we
fly away.
11
Who understands the
power of Your
anger And Your
fury, according to the
fear that is due You?
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So teach us to
number our
days, That we may
present to You a
heart of
wisdom.
13
Do
return, O
LORD ;
how long * will it be? And be
sorry for Your
servants.
14
O
satisfy us in the
morning with Your
lovingkindness, That we may
sing for
joy and be
glad all our
days.
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Make us
glad according to the
days You have
afflicted us, And the
years we have
seen evil.
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Let Your
work appear to Your
servants And Your
majesty to their
children.
17
Let the
favor of the
Lord our
God be upon us; And
confirm for us the
work of our
hands ; Yes,
confirm the
work of our
hands.