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Psalm 89:46-48
Contemporary English Version

46 How much longer, Lord?
    Will you hide forever?
How long will your anger
    keep burning like fire?
47 Remember, life is short![a]
Why did you empty our lives
    of all meaning?
48 No one can escape the power
    of death and the grave.

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  1. 89.47 Remember … short: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Psalm 89:46-48
New International Version

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(B)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(C)

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