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1. BOOK IV Lord, from the very beginning you have been like a home to us.
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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 you created the world and the mountains were made, from the beginning to the 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 human beings back to dust. You say to them, "Return to dust."
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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. To you a thousand years are like a day that has just gone by. They are like a few hours of the night.
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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, and they die. They are like new grass that grows 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 springs up new, but by evening it's all dried up.
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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. Your anger destroys us. Your burning anger terrifies us.
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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 have put our sins right in front of you. You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.
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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. You have been angry with us all of our days. We groan as we come to the end of our lives.
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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. We live to be about 70. Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy. But all that time is filled with trouble and sorrow. The years quickly pass, and we are gone.
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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 knows how powerful your anger is? It's as great as the respect we should have for you.
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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 how short our lives are. Then our hearts will become wise.
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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. Lord, please stop punishing us! How long will you keep it up? Be kind to us.
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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 with your faithful love every morning. Then we can sing with joy and be glad all of our days.
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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. Make us glad for as many days as you have made us suffer. Give us joy for as many years as we've had trouble.
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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. Show us your mighty acts. Let our children see your glorious power.
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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. May the Lord our God show us his favor. Lord, make what we do succeed. Please make what we do succeed.
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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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