For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[a] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12 (A)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:10 Or pride

All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.(A)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(B)
    or eighty,(C) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(D)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(E)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(F) is as great as the fear that is your due.(G)
12 Teach us to number our days,(H)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(I)

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