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\c 90
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\ms Book Five
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\m
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\d A prayer by the prophet Moses
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\v 1 Lord, you have always been like a home for us.
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\q1
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\v 2 Before you created the mountains,
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\q2 before you formed the earth and everything that is in it,
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\q1 you were eternally God,
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\q2 and you will be God forever.
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\q1
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\v 3 When people die, you cause their corpses to become soil again;
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\q2 you change their corpses to become dirt like that from which the first man was created.
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\q1
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\v 4 When you consider time,
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\q2 a thousand years are as short as one day that passes;
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\q2 you consider that they are as short as a few hours in the night.
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\q1
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\v 5 You cause people to die suddenly;
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\q2 they live only a short time as a dream lasts only a short time.
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\q2 They are like grass that grows up.
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\q1
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\v 6 In the morning the grass sprouts and grows well,
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\q2 but in the evening it dries up and completely withers.
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\q1
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\v 7 Similarly, because of the sins that we commit, you become angry with us;
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\q2 you terrify us and then you destroy us.
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\q1
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\v 8 It is as though you place our sins in front of you;
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\q2 you spread out even our secret sins where you can see them.
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\q1
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\v 9 Because you are angry with us, you cause our lives to end;
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\q2 the years that we live pass as quickly as a sigh does.
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\q1
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\v 10 People live for only seventy years;
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\q2 if they are strong, some of them live for eighty years.
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\q1 But even during good years we have much pain and troubles;
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\q2 our lives soon end, and we die.
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\q1
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\v 11 No one has really experienced the powerful things you can do to them when you are angry with them,
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\q1 and people are not afraid that you will punish them because of your being angry with them.
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\v 12 So teach us to realize that we live for only a short time
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\q2 in order that we may use our time wisely.
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\v 13 Yahweh, how long will you be angry with us?
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\q1 Pity us who serve you.
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\q1
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\v 14 Each morning, show us that it is enough for us if you love us faithfully as you have promised you would do.
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\q2 Show us this so that we may shout joyfully and be happy all during the years that we live.
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\v 15 Cause us to be now as happy for as many years as you afflicted us and we experienced troubles.
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\v 16 Enable us to see the great things that you do,
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\q2 and enable our descendants to see your glorious power also.
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\q1
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\v 17 Lord, our God, give us your blessings
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\q2 and enable us to be successful;
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\q2 yes, cause us to be successful in everything that we do!
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