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24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away
    at the midpoint of my life,
you whose years endure
    throughout all generations.”(A)

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24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on(A) through all generations.

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13 Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again,
    before I depart and am no more.”(A)

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13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”(A)

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12 Are you not from of old,
    O Lord my God, my Holy One?
    You[a] shall not die.
O Lord, you have marked them for judgment,
    and you, O Rock, have established them for punishment.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.12 Or We

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(A)
    My God, my Holy One,(B) you[a] will never die.(C)
You, Lord, have appointed(D) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(E) have ordained them to punish.

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  1. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we

12 But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;
    your name endures to all generations.(A)

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12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(A)
    your renown endures(B) through all generations.(C)

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.(A)

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(B) the Almighty.”(C)

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10 I said: In the noontide of my days
    I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
    for the rest of my years.(A)
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord
    in the land of the living;
I shall look upon mortals no more
    among the inhabitants of the world.(B)
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
    like a shepherd’s tent;
like a weaver I have rolled up my life;
    he cuts me off from the loom;
from day to night you bring me to an end;(C)
13     I cry for help[a] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
    from day to night you bring me to an end.(D)

14 Like a swallow or a crane[b] I clamor;
    I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
    O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!(E)
15 But what can I say? For he has spoken to me,
    and he himself has done it.
All my sleep has fled[c]
    because of the bitterness of my soul.(F)

16 O Lord, by these things people live,
    and in all these is the life of my spirit.[d]
    Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
17 Surely it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness,
but you have held back[e] my life
    from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
    behind your back.(G)
18 For Sheol cannot thank you;
    death cannot praise you;
those who go down to the Pit cannot hope
    for your faithfulness.(H)
19 The living, the living, they thank you,
    as I do this day;
fathers make known to children
    your faithfulness.(I)

20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing to stringed instruments[f]
all the days of our lives,
    at the house of the Lord.(J)

[[21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.”(K) 22 Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”]][g]

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Footnotes

  1. 38.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 38.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  3. 38.15 Cn Compare Syr: Heb I will walk slowly all my years
  4. 38.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  5. 38.17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
  6. 38.20 Heb my stringed instruments
  7. 38.21–22 Q ms lacks 38.21–22

10 I said, “In the prime of my life(A)
    must I go through the gates of death(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(C)
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(D)
    in the land of the living;(E)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 Like a shepherd’s tent(F) my house
    has been pulled down(G) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(H) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;(I)
    day and night(J) you made an end of me.
13 I waited patiently(K) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(L) all my bones;(M)
    day and night(N) you made an end of me.
14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.(O)
My eyes grew weak(P) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”(Q)

15 But what can I say?(R)
    He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(S)
I will walk humbly(T) all my years
    because of this anguish of my soul.(U)
16 Lord, by such things people live;
    and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
    and let me live.(V)
17 Surely it was for my benefit(W)
    that I suffered such anguish.(X)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit(Y) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(Z)
    behind your back.(AA)
18 For the grave(AB) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(AC)
those who go down to the pit(AD)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(AE) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(AF)
    about your faithfulness.

20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing(AG) with stringed instruments(AH)
all the days of our lives(AI)
    in the temple(AJ) of the Lord.

21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign(AK) that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?”

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John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,(A)

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Greetings and Doxology

John,

To the seven churches(A) in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you(B) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(C) and from the seven spirits[a](D) before his throne,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

Book IV

(Psalms 90–106)

Psalm 90

God’s Eternity and Human Frailty

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place[a]
    in all generations.(A)
Before the mountains were brought forth
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 90.1 Or our refuge

BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place(A)
    throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born(B)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(C) you are God.(D)

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But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for judgment.(A)

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The Lord reigns forever;(A)
    he has established his throne(B) for judgment.

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26 Surely God is great, and we do not know him;
    the number of his years is unsearchable.(A)

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26 How great is God—beyond our understanding!(A)
    The number of his years is past finding out.(B)

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