Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another.
2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you are God.
3. You turn us back to the dust and say, "Go back, O child of earth."
4. For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past and like a watch in the night.
Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another.
5. You sweep us away like a dream; we fade away suddenly like the grass.
6. In the morning it is green and flourishes; in the evening it is dried up and withered.
Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another.
7. For we consume away in your displeasure; we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation.
8. Our iniquities you have set before you, and our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
12. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another.