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1 Lord, you have been our help, generation after generation.
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born, before you birthed the earth and the inhabited world— from forever in the past to forever in the future, you are God.
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Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return people to dust, saying, "Go back, humans,"
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You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man! ”
4 because in your perspective a thousand years are like yesterday past, like a short period during the night watch.
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For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
5 You sweep humans away like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning.
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You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 True, in the morning it thrives, renewed, but come evening it withers, all dried up.
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in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
7 Yes, we are wasting away because of your wrath; we are paralyzed with fear on account of your rage.
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For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You put our sins right in front of you, set our hidden faults in the light from your face.
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You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 Yes, all our days slip away because of your fury; we finish up our years with a whimper.
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For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 We live at best to be seventy years old, maybe eighty, if we're strong. But their duration brings hard work and trouble because they go by so quickly. And then we fly off.
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The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who can comprehend the power of your anger? The honor that is due you corresponds to your wrath.
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Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 Teach us to number our days so we can have a wise heart.
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So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Come back to us, LORD! Please, quick! Have some compassion for your servants!
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Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 Fill us full every morning with your faithful love so we can rejoice and celebrate our whole life long.
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Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us happy for the same amount of time that you afflicted us— for the same number of years that we saw only trouble.
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Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your acts be seen by your servants; let your glory be seen by their children.
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Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the kindness of the Lord our God be over us. Make the work of our hands last. Make the work of our hands last!
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Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
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