1 | LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. |
2 | Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. |
3 | Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, "Turn back, O children of men!" |
4 | For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. |
5 | Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning: |
6 | in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. |
7 | For we are consumed by thy anger; by thy wrath we are overwhelmed. |
8 | Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. |
9 | For all our days pass away under thy wrath, our years come to an end like a sigh. |
10 | The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. |
11 | Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee? |
12 | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
13 | Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on thy servants! |
14 | Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
15 | Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil. |
16 | Let thy work be manifest to thy servants, and thy glorious power to their children. |
17 | Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. |