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Lord, You have been
our dwelling place in all generations. |
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Before the mountains
were born
Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
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You turn man back
into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
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For a thousand years
in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.
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You have swept them
away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
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In the morning it
flourishes and sprouts anew;
Toward evening it fades and withers away.
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For we have been
consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.
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You have placed our
iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
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For all our days
have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a sigh.
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As for the days of
our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.
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Who understands the
power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?
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So teach us to
number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
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Do return, O LORD;
how long will it be?
And be sorry for Your servants.
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O satisfy us in the
morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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Make us glad
according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the years we have seen evil.
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Let Your work appear
to Your servants
And Your majesty to their children.
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Let the favor of the
Lord our God be upon us;
And confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
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