| Chapter 89 |
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A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation. |
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Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God. |
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Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. |
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For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night, |
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things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. |
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In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither. |
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For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation. |
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Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance. |
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For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered spider: |
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the days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. |
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Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear |
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can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom. |
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Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants. |
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We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days. |
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We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for the years in which we have seen evils. |
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Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their children. |
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And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct. |
