1  Lord, you have been our udwelling place1

in all generations.

2  vBefore the wmountains were brought forth,

or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

xfrom everlasting to everlasting you are God.

3  You return man to dust

and say, y“Return, zO children of man!”2

4  For aa thousand years in your sight

are but as byesterday when it is past,

or as ca watch in the night.

5  You dsweep them away as with a flood; they are like ea dream,

like fgrass that is renewed in the morning:

6  in ithe morning it flourishes and is renewed;

in the evening it jfades and kwithers.

7  For we are brought to an end by your anger;

by your wrath we are dismayed.

8  You have lset our iniquities before you,

our msecret sins in the light of your presence.

9  For all our days pass away under your wrath;

we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

10  The years of our life are seventy,

or even by reason of strength eighty;

yet their span3 is but toil and trouble;

they are soon gone, and we fly away.