1 ¶ Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.

2 B efore the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3 T hou dost turn unto man until he is broken and thou saith, Become converted, ye sons of Adam.

4 F or a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night.

5 T hou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are as a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.

6 I n the morning it blossoms and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.

7 ¶ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath we are troubled.

8 T hou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 F or all our days decline because of thy wrath; we end our years according to the word.

10 T he days of our years are seventy, and of the most valiant eighty years, yet their strength is labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 W ho knows the power of thine anger? that thy wrath is not less than our fear.

12 ¶ Cause us to learn this that we might number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 R eturn unto us, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy slaves.

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy, and we shall sing and be glad all our days.

15 M ake us glad according to the days in which thou hast afflicted us and the years in which we have seen evil.

16 L et thy work appear in thy slaves and thy glory upon their sons.

17 A nd let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and set thou aright the work of our hands upon us; yea, set thou aright the work of our hands.