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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13O LORD, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants! |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful! |
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