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| Lord, you have been our refuge *
from one generation to another.
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| Before the mountains were brought forth,
or the land and the earth were born, *
from age to age you are God.
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| You turn us back to the dust and say, *
"Go back, O child of earth."
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| For a thousand years in your sight are like
yesterday when it is past *
and like a watch in the night.
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| You sweep us away like a dream; *
we fade away suddenly like the grass.
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| In the morning it is green and flourishes;
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in the evening it is dried up and withered.
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| For we consume away in your displeasure;
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we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation.
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| Our iniquities you have set before you, *
and our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
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| When you are angry, all our days are gone;
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we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
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| The span of our life is seventy years,
perhaps in strength even eighty; *
yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow,
for they pass away quickly and we are gone.
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| Who regards the power of your wrath? *
who rightly fears your indignation?
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| So teach us to number our days *
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
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| Return, O LORD; how long will you tarry?
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be gracious to your servants.
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| Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the
morning; *
so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
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| Make us glad by the measure of the days that
you afflicted us *
and the years in which we suffered adversity.
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| Show your servants your works *
and your splendor to their children.
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| May the graciousness of the LORD our God
be upon us; *
prosper the work of our hands;
prosper our handiwork.
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