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1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
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Lord, you have been our help, generation after generation.
2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
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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.
3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
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You return people to dust, saying, "Go back, humans,"
4 A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
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because in your perspective a thousand years are like yesterday past, like a short period during the night watch.
5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:
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You sweep humans away like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning.
6 In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
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True, in the morning it thrives, renewed, but come evening it withers, all dried up.
7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
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Yes, we are wasting away because of your wrath; we are paralyzed with fear on account of your rage.
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
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You put our sins right in front of you, set our hidden faults in the light from your face.
9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
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Yes, all our days slip away because of your fury; we finish up our years with a whimper.
10 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.
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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.
11 If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
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Who can comprehend the power of your anger? The honor that is due you corresponds to your wrath.
12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Teach us to number our days so we can have a wise heart.
13 Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
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Come back to us, LORD! Please, quick! Have some compassion for your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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Fill us full every morning with your faithful love so we can rejoice and celebrate our whole life long.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
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Make us happy for the same amount of time that you afflicted us— for the same number of years that we saw only trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
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Let your acts be seen by your servants; let your glory be seen by their children.
17 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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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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