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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
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<A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
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Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
3 You turn us back to dust, and say, "Turn back, you mortals."
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You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night.
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For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning;
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6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
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In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
7 For we are consumed by your anger; by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
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We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
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You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh.
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For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
10 The days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
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The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
11 Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
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Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?
12 So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.
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So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Turn, O Lord! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
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Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil.
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Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
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Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands!
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Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.
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