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Old Testament. (continued)

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A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, 1 and as a watch in the night.

Psalm xc. 4.

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We spend our years as a tale that is told. 2

Psalm xc. 9.

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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 3

Psalm xc. 10.

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So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalm xc. 12.

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Establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 4

Psalm xc. 17.

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I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 5

Psalm xci. 2.

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Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for… the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 6

Psalm xci. 6.

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The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 7

Psalm xcii. 12.

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The noise of many waters.

Psalm xciii. 4.

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The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice. 8

Psalm xcvii. 1.

Note 1.
Seeing that is past.—Ibid. [back]

Note 2.
We bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.—Ibid. [back]

Note 3.
The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.—Ibid. [back]

Note 4.
Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; oh prosper thou our handiwork.—Ibid. [back]

Note 5.
I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold; my God, in him will I trust.—Ibid. [back]

Note 6.
For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.—Ibid. [back]

Note 7.
Like a palm-tree, and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.—Ibid. [back]

Note 8.
The Lord is king; the earth may be glad thereof.—Ibid. [back]

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