1 L ord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

2 B efore the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 Y ou turn man back into dust And say, “Return, O children of men.”

4 F or a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.

5 Y ou have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

6 I n the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades and withers away.

7 F or we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

8 Y ou have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9 F or all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

10 A s for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away.

11 W ho understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

12 S o teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

13 D o return, O Lord; how long will it be ? And be sorry for Your servants.

14 O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15 M ake us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil.

16 L et Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children.

17 L et the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.