GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O Lord, you have been our refuge throughout every generation.
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A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
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Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn mortals back into dust and say, "Return, descendants of Adam."
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You turn man to destruction, And say, "Return, O children of men."
4 Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday--already past-- like an hour in the night.
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For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.
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You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up.
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In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.
7 Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
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For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
8 You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
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You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
9 Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one [long] sigh.
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For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.
10 Each of us lives for 70 years-- or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them [bring] trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.
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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.
11 Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury.
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Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom.
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So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, LORD! How long...? Change your plans about [us,] your servants.
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Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.
14 Satisfy us every morning with your mercy so that we may sing joyfully and rejoice all our days.
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Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil.
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Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let [us,] your servants, see what you can do. Let our children see your glorious power.
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Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.
17 Let the kindness of the Lord our God be with us. Make us successful in everything we do. Yes, make us successful in everything we do.
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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.