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1 {A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.} Lord, *thou* hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
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1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
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2 Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
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2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
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3 Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.
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3 You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men."
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4 For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
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4 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
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5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning they are like grass [that] groweth up:
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5 You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the morning--
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6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
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6 though in the morning it springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered.
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7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
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7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
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8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
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8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
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9 For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a [passing] thought.
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9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
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10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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10 The length of our days is seventy years-- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
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11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
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12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
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12 Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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13 Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
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13 Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
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14 Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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15 Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, according to the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
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15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
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16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.
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16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
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17 And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
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17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of our hands.
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