[1] Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
[2] Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
[3] You turn man back into dust And say, “Return, O children of men.”
[4] For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.
[5] You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
[6] In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades and withers away.
[7] For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.
[8] You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
[9] For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.
[10] As 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] Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?
[12] So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.
[13] Do 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] Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil.
[16] Let Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children.
[17] Let 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.