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Psalms 89

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

89:1
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
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89:2
Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
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89:3
Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
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89:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
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89:5
Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
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89:6
In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
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89:7
For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
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89:8
Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
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89:9
For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
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89:10
[As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
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89:11
Who knows the power of thy wrath?
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89:12
and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
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89:13
Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
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89:14
We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
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89:15
let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
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89:16
And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.
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89:17
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
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