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46 How long, O LORD? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?
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How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
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Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah]
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Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
49 Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old, which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?
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Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
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Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 with which thy enemies taunt, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.
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the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
52 Blessed be the LORD for ever! Amen and Amen.
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Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
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