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A Prayer[H8605] of Moses[H4872] the man[H376] of God[H430]. Lord[H136], thou hast been our dwelling place[H4583] in all[H1755] generations[H1755].
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Before the mountains[H2022] were brought forth[H3205], or ever thou hadst formed[H2342] the earth[H776] and the world[H8398], even from everlasting[H5769] to[H5704] everlasting[H5769], thou art God[H410].
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Thou turnest[H7725] man[H582] to destruction[H1793]; and sayest[H559], Return[H7725], ye children[H1121] of men[H120].
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For a thousand[H505] years[H8141] in thy sight[H5869] are but as[H3117] yesterday[H865] when it is past[H5674], and as[H3117] a watch[H821] in the night[H3915].
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Thou carriest them away as with a flood[H2229]; they are as a sleep[H8142]: in the morning[H1242] they are like grass[H2682] which groweth up[H2498].
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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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For we are consumed[H3615] by thine anger[H639], and by thy wrath[H2534] are we troubled[H926].
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Thou hast set[H7896] our iniquities[H5771] before thee, our secret[H5956] sins in the light[H3974] of thy countenance[H6440].
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For all our days[H3117] are passed away[H6437] in thy wrath[H5678]: we spend[H3615] our years[H8141] as a tale[H1899] that is told.
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The days[H3117] of our years[H8141] are threescore[H7657] years[H8141] and ten[H7657]; and if by reason of strength[H1369] they be fourscore[H8084] years[H8141], yet is their strength[H7296] labour[H5999] and sorrow[H205]; for it is soon[H2440] cut off[H1468], and we fly away[H5774].
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Who knoweth[H3045] the power[H5797] of thine anger?[H639] even according to thy fear[H3374], so is thy wrath[H5678].
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So teach[H3045] us to number[H4487] our days[H3117], that we may apply[H935] our hearts[H3824] unto wisdom[H2451].
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Return[H7725], O LORD[H3068], how long? and let it repent[H5162] thee concerning thy servants[H5650].
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O satisfy[H7646] us early[H1242] with thy mercy[H2617]; that we may rejoice[H7442] and be glad[H8055] all our days[H3117].
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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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Let thy work[H6467] appear[H7200] unto thy servants[H5650], and thy glory[H1926] unto their children[H1121].
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And let the beauty[H5278] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] be upon us: and establish[H3559] thou the work[H4639] of our hands[H3027] upon us; yea, the work[H4639] of our hands[H3027] establish[H3559] thou it.