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For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.

May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

…that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!

O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

There on the willows we hung our harps,

How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?