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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 in 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 brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the 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 us back to dust, and say, "Turn back, 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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For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night.
5 (89-5) Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
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You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in 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 flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
7 (89-7) For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
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For we are consumed by your anger; by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
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 countenance.
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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For all our days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh.
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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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.
11 (89-11) Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
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Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
12 (89-12) Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
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So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.
13 (89-13) Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
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Turn, O Lord! How long? 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 steadfast love, so that we may rejoice 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 as many days as you have afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil.
16 (89-16) Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children.
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Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power 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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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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