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You have always been God—
long before the birth
    of the mountains,
even before you created
    the earth and the world.

At your command we die
    and turn back to dust,
(A) but a thousand years
    mean nothing to you!
They are merely a day gone by
    or a few hours in the night.

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Before the mountains were born(A)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(B) you are God.(C)

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(D)
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(E)

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