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In the morning it blooms only to pass away;
    in the evening it is wilted and withered.[a](A)

II

Truly we are consumed by your anger,
    filled with terror by your wrath.
You have kept our faults before you,
    our hidden sins in the light of your face.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 90:6 It is wilted and withered: the transitory nature of the grass under the scorching sun was proverbial, cf. Ps 129:6; Is 40:6–8.

In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(A)

We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins(B) in the light of your presence.(C)

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