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10 We live for 70 years,
    or 80 years if we’re healthy,[a]
yet even in the prime years[b] there are troubles and sorrow.
    They pass by quickly and we fly away.

11 Who can know the intensity of your anger?
    Because our fear of you matches your wrath,
12 teach us to keep account of our days
    so we may develop inner wisdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:10 Lit. strong
  2. Psalm 90:10 Lit. the pride

10 Our days may come to seventy years,(A)
    or eighty,(B) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(C)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(D)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(E) is as great as the fear that is your due.(F)
12 Teach us to number our days,(G)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(H)

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