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1. Lord, You have been the place of comfort for all people of all time.
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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, forever and ever, 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 change man into dust again, and say, "Return, O children of men."
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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 a thousand years in Your eyes are like yesterday when it passes by, or like the 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 carry men away as with a flood. They fall asleep. In the morning they are like the new grass that grows.
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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. It grows well in the morning, but dries up and dies by evening.
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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. For we are burned up by Your anger. By Your anger we are troubled and afraid.
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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 set our wrongdoing before You, our secret sins in the light of Your face.
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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. For all our days pass away in Your anger. We finish our years with a quiet cry.
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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. The days of our life are seventy years, or eighty if we have the strength. Yet the best of them are only hard work and sorrow. For they are soon gone 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 understands the power of Your anger? Your anger is as great as the fear that 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 understand how many days we have. Then we will have a heart of wisdom to give You.
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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. Return, O Lord. How long will it be? Have pity upon those who work for You.
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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. Fill us in the morning with Your loving-kindness. Let us sing for joy and be glad all 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, and for the years we have seen 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. Let Your work be shown to Your servants. And let Your wonderful greatness be shown to their children.
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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. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us. And make the work of our hands stand strong. Yes, make the work of our hands stand strong.
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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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