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1 (89-1) <A prayer of Moses the man of God.> Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 (89-2) Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
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Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 (89-3) Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
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You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 (89-4) For a thousand years in thy sight are as 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 (89-5) Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
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Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 (89-6) In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
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In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 (89-7) For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
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We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
8 (89-8) Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life 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 (89-9) For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider:
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All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.
10 (89-10) The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.
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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 (89-11) Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
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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 (89-12) Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
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Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 (89-13) Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
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Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
14 (89-14) We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
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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 (89-15) We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
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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 (89-16) Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
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May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.
17 (89-17) And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
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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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