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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Page 1014 |
| Old Testament. (continued) |
| 9882 |
| A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, 1 and as a watch in the night. |
| Psalm xc. 4. |
| 9883 |
| We spend our years as a tale that is told. 2 |
| Psalm xc. 9. |
| 9884 |
| The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 3 |
| Psalm xc. 10. |
| 9885 |
| So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. |
| Psalm xc. 12. |
| 9886 |
| Establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 4 |
| Psalm xc. 17. |
| 9887 |
| I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 5 |
| Psalm xci. 2. |
| 9888 |
| Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for… the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 6 |
| Psalm xci. 6. |
| 9889 |
| The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 7 |
| Psalm xcii. 12. |
| 9890 |
| The noise of many waters. |
| Psalm xciii. 4. |
| 9891 |
| The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice. 8 |
| Psalm xcvii. 1. |
| Note 1. Seeing that is past.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 2. We bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 3. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 4. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; oh prosper thou our handiwork.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 5. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold; my God, in him will I trust.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 6. For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 7. Like a palm-tree, and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.—Ibid. [back] |
| Note 8. The Lord is king; the earth may be glad thereof.—Ibid. [back] |
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