Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<A prayer of Moses the man of God.>> LORD, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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O Lord, you have been our refuge throughout every generation.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
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Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, "Return, ye children of men."
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You turn mortals back into dust and say, "Return, descendants of Adam."
4 For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
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Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday--already past-- like an hour in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up;
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You sweep mortals away. They are a dream. They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.
6 in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
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In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up.
7 For we are consumed by Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we troubled.
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Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.
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You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told.
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Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one [long] sigh.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away.
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Each of us lives for 70 years-- or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them [bring] trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? Even according to the fear of Thee, so is Thy wrath.
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Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long? And let Thee repent concerning Thy servants.
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Return, LORD! How long...? Change your plans about [us,] your servants.
14 O satisfy us early with Thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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Satisfy us every morning with your mercy so that we may sing joyfully and rejoice all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
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Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil.
16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, and Thy glory unto their children.
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Let [us,] your servants, see what you can do. Let our children see your glorious power.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish Thou the work of our hands for us--yea, the work of our hands, establish Thou it.
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Let the kindness of the Lord our God be with us. Make us successful in everything we do. Yes, make us successful in everything we do.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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