1Lord, you have been our refuge
throughout all generations.

2Before the mountains were formed,
or you formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

3You return man to dust,
and you say, “Return, you descendants of mankind.”

4For a thousand years in your sight
are as yesterday when it is past,
and as a watch in the night.

5You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep;
in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up.

6In the morning it blooms and grows up;
in the evening it withers and dries up.

7Truly, we are consumed in your anger,
and in your wrath we are terrified.

8You have set our iniquities before you,
our hidden sins in the light of your presence.

9Our life passes away under your wrath;
our years quickly pass like a sigh.

10Our years are seventy,
or even eighty if we are healthy;
but even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow.
Yes, they pass quickly, and we fly away.

11Who knows the intensity of your anger,
and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you?

12So teach us to consider our life
so that we might live wisely.

13Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be?
Have pity on your servants.

14Satisfy us in the morning with your covenant faithfulness
so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15Make us glad in proportion to the days you afflicted us
and to the years we have experienced trouble.

16Let your servants see your work,
and let our children see your majesty.

17May the favor of the Lord our God be ours;
prosper the work of our hands;
indeed, prosper the work of our hands.