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Psalms 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been
our refuge from generation to generation.
Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the
world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou
art God.
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said:
Be converted, O ye sons of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday,
which is past. And as a watch in the night,
things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
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.
For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled
in thy indignation.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life
in the light of thy countenance.
For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have
fainted away. Our years shall be considered spider:
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.
Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear
can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known:
and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour
of thy servants.
We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we
have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled
us: for the years in which we have seen evils.
Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct
their children.
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.
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