1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish