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1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have 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, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are 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 You turn man to destruction, And say, "Return, O 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 Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like 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 You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows 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 flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.
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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 have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
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7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
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8 You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your 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 have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.
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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 lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; 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 knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
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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 gain a heart of wisdom.
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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, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.
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13 Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
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14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice 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 in which You have afflicted us, The years in which 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 Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.
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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 the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
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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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| Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
