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Before the mountains were born,
    the earth and the world brought forth,
    from eternity to eternity you are God.(A)
You turn humanity back into dust,[a]
    saying, “Return, you children of Adam!”(B)
A thousand years in your eyes
    are merely a day gone by,(C)
Before a watch passes in the night,

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Footnotes

  1. 90:3 Dust: one word of God is enough to return mortals to the dust from which they were created. Human beings were created from earth in Gn 2:7; 3:19.

12 Teach us to count our days aright,
    that we may gain wisdom of heart.

III

13 Relent, O Lord! How long?
    Have pity on your servants!
14 Fill us at daybreak with your mercy,(A)
    that all our days we may sing for joy.

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16 Show your deeds to your servants,
    your glory to their children.

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