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

2 B efore the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 Y ou turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.”

4 F or a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

5 Y ou carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

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

7 F or we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.

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

9 F or all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.

10 T he days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 W ho knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

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

13 R eturn, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.

14 O h, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

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

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

17 A nd let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.