Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New International Version NIV
1 Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
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Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
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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 as the yesterday which 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 Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as 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 let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
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In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
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We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
8 Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is 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 are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
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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, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
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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 thy wrath?
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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 and who knows how to number his days because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
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Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
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Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
14 We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
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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 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw 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 And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.
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May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
17 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works 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.
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