Psalm 119:84
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84 How long must your servant endure?
When will you judge those who persecute me?(A)
Revelation 6:10-11
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10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(A) 11 They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of their brothers and sisters who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed.(B)
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Psalm 90:12
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12 So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart.(A)
Psalm 89:47-48
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47 Remember how short my time is—[a]
for what vanity you have created all mortals!(A)
48 Who can live and never see death?
Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah(B)
Footnotes
- 89.47 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 39:4-5
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4 “Lord, let me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.(A)
5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(B)
Psalm 7:6
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6 Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(A)
Footnotes
- 7.6 Or awake for me
Job 7:6-8
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7 “Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.(B)
8 The eye that beholds me will see me no more;
while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.(C)
Footnotes
- 7.6 Or as the thread runs out
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