Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou <em>art</em> 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 Thou dost turn unto man until he is broken and thou saith, Become converted, ye sons of Adam.
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You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as 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 Thou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are <em>as</em> a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.
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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 grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
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In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath we are troubled.
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We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret <em>sins</em> in the light of thy countenance.
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You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days decline because of thy wrath; we end our years according to the word.
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All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
10 The days of our years <em>are</em> seventy, and of the most valiant eighty years, yet their strength <em>is</em> labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, 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 power of thine anger? that thy wrath is not less than our fear.
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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 Cause us to learn this that we might number our days, that we may apply <em>our</em> hearts unto wisdom.
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Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return <em>unto us</em>, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy slaves.
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Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy, and we shall sing 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 according to the days <em>in which</em> thou hast afflicted us <em>and</em> the years <em>in which</em> we have seen evil.
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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 thy work appear in thy slaves and thy glory upon their sons.
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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 set thou aright the work of our hands upon us; yea, set thou aright the work of our hands.
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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.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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