40 lines
1.5 KiB
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40 lines
1.5 KiB
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# Chapter 90
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1 Lord, you have been our refuge
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in every generation.
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2 Before the mountains were born,
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before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
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from eternity to eternity, you are God.
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3 You return mankind to the dust,
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saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
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4 For in your sight a thousand years
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are like yesterday that passes by,
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like a few hours of the night.
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5 You end their lives; they sleep.
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They are like grass that grows in the morning—
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6 in the morning it sprouts and grows;
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by evening it withers and dries up.
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7 For we are consumed by your anger;
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we are terrified by your wrath.
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8 You have set our iniquities before you,
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our secret sins in the light of your presence.
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9 For all our days ebb away under your wrath;
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we end our years like a sigh.
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10 Our lives last seventy years
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or, if we are strong, eighty years.
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Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
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indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
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11 Who understands the power of your anger?
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Your wrath matches the fear that is due you.
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12 Teach us to number our days carefully
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so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
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13 Lord—how long?
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Turn and have compassion on your servants.
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14 Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love
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so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.
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15 Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us,
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for as many years as we have seen adversity.
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16 Let your work be seen by your servants,
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and your splendor by their children.
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17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
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establish for us the work of our hands—
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establish the work of our hands! |