You turn man to destruction,
And say, (A)“Return, O children of men.”
(B)For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.

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

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You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

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Yet you sweep people away(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(B)

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12 (A)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (B)have compassion on Your servants.

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12 Teach us to number our days,(A)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(B)

13 Relent, Lord! How long(C) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.(D)

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14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
(A)That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

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14 Satisfy(A) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(B)
    that we may sing for joy(C) and be glad all our days.(D)

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17 (A)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And (B)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.

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17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty