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From Everlasting to Everlasting, You Are God

¹ Lord, You have been our ^(F1)(C1)dwelling place from generation to generation.

² Before ^(C1)the mountains were born
^(F1)Or You ^(C2)brought forth the earth and the world,
Even ^(C3)from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³ You ^(C1)turn man back into dust
And say, "Return, O sons of men."

⁴ For ^(C1)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like ^(C2)yesterday when it passes by,
^(F1)Or as a ^(C3)watch in the night.

⁵ You ^(C1)have ^(F1)swept them away like a flood, they ^(F2)(C2)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like ^(C3)grass which ^(F3)sprouts anew.

⁶ In the morning it ^(C1)blossoms and ^(F1)sprouts anew;
Toward evening it ^(C2)withers away and ^(C3)dries up.

⁷ For we have been ^(C1)consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been ^(F1)dismayed.

⁸ You have ^(C1)set our iniquities before You,
Our ^(C2)secret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹ For ^(C1)all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a ^(F1)sigh.

¹⁰ As for the days of our ^(F1)life, ^(F2)they contain seventy years,
Or if due to might, ^(C1)eighty years,
Yet their pride is but ^(C2)labor and wickedness;
For soon it is gone and we ^(C3)fly away.

¹¹ Who knows the ^(C1)power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the ^(C2)fear ^(F1)that is due You?

^12 (F1)So ^(C1)teach us to number our days,
That we may ^(F2)(C2)present to You a heart of wisdom.

^13 (C1)Return, O Yahweh; ^(C2)how long will it be?
And ^(F1)be ^(C3)sorry for Your slaves.

¹⁴ O ^(C1)satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may ^(C2)sing for joy and be glad all our days.

^15 (C1)Make us glad ^(F1)according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the ^(C2)years we have seen ^(F2)evil.

¹⁶ Let Your ^(C1)work appear to Your slaves
And Your ^(C2)majesty ^(F1)to their sons.

¹⁷ Let the ^(C1)favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And ^(C2)establish for us the work of our hands;
Establish the work of our hands.