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1. Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!
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1. A Prayer H8605 of Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 . Lord H136 , thou H859 hast been H1961 our dwelling place H4583 in all generations H1755 H1755 .
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2. Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.
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2. Before H2962 the mountains H2022 were brought forth H3205 , or ever thou hadst formed H2342 the earth H776 and the world H8398 , even from everlasting H4480 H5769 to H5704 everlasting H5769 , thou H859 art God H410 .
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3. You turn people back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, you mortals!"
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3. Thou turnest H7725 man H582 to H5704 destruction H1793 ; and sayest H559 , Return H7725 , ye children H1121 of men H120 .
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4. For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.
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4. For H3588 a thousand H505 years H8141 in thy sight H5869 are but as yesterday H3117 H865 when H3588 it is past H5674 , and as a watch H821 in the night H3915 .
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5. You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.
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5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood H2229 ; they are H1961 as a sleep H8142 : in the morning H1242 they are like grass H2682 which groweth up H2498 .
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6. In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.
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6. In the morning H1242 it flourisheth H6692 , and groweth up H2498 ; in the evening H6153 it is cut down H4135 , and withereth H3001 .
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7. We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.
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7. For H3588 we are consumed H3615 by thine anger H639 , and by thy wrath H2534 are we troubled H926 .
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8. You spread out our sins before you-- our secret sins-- and you see them all.
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8. Thou hast set H7896 our iniquities H5771 before H5048 thee , our secret H5956 sins in the light H3974 of thy countenance H6440 .
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9. We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.
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9. For H3588 all H3605 our days H3117 are passed away H6437 in thy wrath H5678 : we spend H3615 our years H8141 as H3644 a tale H1899 that is told .
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10. Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.
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10. The days H3117 of our years H8141 are threescore years and ten H7657 H8141 ; and if H518 by reason of strength H1369 they be fourscore H8084 years H8141 , yet is their strength H7296 labor H5999 and sorrow H205 ; for H3588 it is soon H2440 cut off H1468 , and we fly away H5774 .
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11. Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.
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11. Who H4310 knoweth H3045 the power H5797 of thine anger H639 ? even according to thy fear H3374 , so is thy wrath H5678 .
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12. Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.
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12. So H3651 teach H3045 us to number H4487 our days H3117 , that we may apply H935 our hearts H3824 unto wisdom H2451 .
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13. O LORD, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants!
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13. Return H7725 , O LORD H3068 , how long H5704 H4970 ? and let it repent H5162 thee concerning H5921 thy servants H5650 .
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14. Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
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14. O satisfy H7646 us early H1242 with thy mercy H2617 ; that we may rejoice H7442 and be glad H8055 all H3605 our days H3117 .
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15. Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good.
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15. Make us glad H8055 according to the days H3117 wherein thou hast afflicted H6031 us, and the years H8141 wherein we have seen H7200 evil H7451 .
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16. Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory.
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16. Let thy work H6467 appear H7200 unto H413 thy servants H5650 , and thy glory H1926 unto H5921 their children H1121 .
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17. And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!
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17. And let the beauty H5278 of the LORD H136 our God H430 be H1961 upon H5921 us : and establish H3559 thou the work H4639 of our hands H3027 upon H5921 us; yea , the work H4639 of our hands H3027 establish H3559 thou it.
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