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Psalm 90:2-4
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2 Before the mountains were born,
    the earth and the world brought forth,
    from eternity to eternity you are God.(A)
3 You turn humanity back into dust,[a]
    saying, “Return, you children of Adam!”(B)
4 A thousand years in your eyes
    are merely a day gone by,(C)
Before a watch passes in the night,

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Footnotes

  1. 90:3 Dust: one word of God is enough to return mortals to the dust from which they were created. Human beings were created from earth in Gn 2:7; 3:19.
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Psalm 90:2-4
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2 Before the mountains were born(A)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(B) you are God.(C)

3 You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(D)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(E)

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