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1 O Lord, you have been our help {in all generations}.
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 Before [the] mountains were born and you brought forth [the] earth and [the] world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you [are] God.
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Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return man to [the] dust, {saying}, "Return, O sons of man."
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You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 For a thousand years in your eyes [are] like yesterday when it passes, or [like] a watch in the night.
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A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away [like a flood]. They fall asleep. In the morning [they are] like grass [that] sprouts anew.
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Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it blossoms and sprouts anew; by evening it withers and dries up.
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In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 For we are brought to an end by your anger, and we hasten [off] by your wrath.
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We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance.
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You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all of our days dwindle away in your rage; we complete our years like a sigh.
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All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
10 As for the days of our years, within them [are] seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride [is] trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly [away].
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Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the strength of your anger, and your rage consistent with [the] fear due you?
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If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
12 So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Yahweh. How long? And have compassion on your servants.
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Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, [for as many] years [as] we have seen calamity.
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Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 Let your work be visible to your servants, and your majesty to their children.
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May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish for us the work of our hands, yes, the work of our hands, establish it.
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May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
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