[1] O Lord, you have always been our home. [2] Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever. [3] You tell us to return to what we were; you change us back to dust. [4] A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night. [5] You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning, [6] that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up and die in the evening. [7] We are destroyed by your anger; we are terrified by your fury. [8] You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them. [9] Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper. [10] Seventy years is all we have- eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone. [11] Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring? [12] Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise. [13] How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O LORD, on your servants! [14] Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life. [15] Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us during all our years of misery. [16] Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might. [17] Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!
