Chapter 90

  Lord, you have been our dwelling place In all generations.  

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  Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever you had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.  

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  You turn man to destruction, saying, 'Return, you children of men.'  

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  For a thousand years in your sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, As a watch in the night.  

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  You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.  

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  In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.  

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  For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.  

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  You have set our iniquities before you, Our secret sins in the light of your presence.  

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  For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.  

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  The days of our years are seventy, Or even by reason of strength eighty years; Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, For it passes quickly, and we fly away.  

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  Who knows the power of your anger, Your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?  

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  So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.  

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  Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants.  

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  Satisfy us in the morning with your lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.  

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  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, For as many years as we have seen evil.  

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  Let your work appear to your servants; Your glory to their children.  

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  Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 91  

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