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A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 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, And say, "Return, O children of men."
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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 carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:
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In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.
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For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.
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You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
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For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.
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The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.