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Psalms 34

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¹ For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

² You have placed our wickedness before you, Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

³ For all our days pass away in Your wrath; We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

⁴ The days of our life are[2] seventy years— Or even, if because of strength, eighty years; Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow, For it is soon gone and we fly away.

⁵ Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?] And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You?

⁶ So teach us to number our days, That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom.

⁷ Turn, O LORD [from Your fierce anger]; how long will it be? Be compassionate toward Your servants—revoke Your sentence.

⁸ O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older], That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

⁹ Make us glad in proportion to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have suffered evil.

¹⁰ Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants And Your [glorious] majesty to their children.

¹¹ And let the [gracious] favor of the Lord our God be on us; Confirm for us the work of our hands— Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

¹² He who[1] dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

¹³ I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!"

¹⁴ For He will save you from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.

¹⁵ He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions, And under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

¹⁶ You will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

¹⁷ Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

¹⁸ A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But danger will not come near you.

¹⁹ You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyes And witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

²⁰ Because you have made the LORD, [who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

²¹ No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.

²² For He will command His angels in regard to you, To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

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1	For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
2	You have placed our wickedness before you, Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.
3	For all our days pass away in Your wrath; We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
4	The days of our life are[2] seventy years— Or even, if because of strength, eighty years; Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow, For it is soon gone and we fly away.
5	Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?] And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You?
6	So teach us to number our days, That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom.
7	Turn, O LORD [from Your fierce anger]; how long will it be? Be compassionate toward Your servants—revoke Your sentence.
8	O satisfy us with Your lovingkindness in the morning [now, before we grow older], That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
9	Make us glad in proportion to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have suffered evil.
10	Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants And Your [glorious] majesty to their children.
11	And let the [gracious] favor of the Lord our God be on us; Confirm for us the work of our hands— Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
12	He who[1] dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
13	I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!"
14	For He will save you from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
15	He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions, And under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.
16	You will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
17	Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.
18	A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But danger will not come near you.
19	You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyes And witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].
20	Because you have made the LORD, [who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
21	No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.
22	For He will command His angels in regard to you, To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

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