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[1]Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.
[2]Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
[3]Turn not man back to his low place, whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?
[4]For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
[5]Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.
[6]In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.
[7]For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled.
[8]Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.
[9]For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.
[10]As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
[11]Who knows the power of thy wrath?
[12]and who knows how to number his days because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.
[13]Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
[14]We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:
[15]let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.
[16]And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; and guide their children.
[17]And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
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