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¹ Lord, You have been our ^[b](a)dwelling place in all generations.
² Before ^(b)the mountains were born
^[c]Or You ^(c)gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even ^(d)from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³ You ^(e)turn man back into dust
And say, "Return, O children of men."
⁴ For ^(f)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like ^(g)yesterday when it passes by,
^[d]Or as a ^(h)watch in the night.
⁵ You ⁽ⁱ⁾have ^[e]swept them away like a flood, they ^[f](j)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like ^(k)grass which ^[g]sprouts anew.
⁶ In the morning it ^(l)flourishes and ^[h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it ^(m)fades and ⁽ⁿ⁾withers away.

⁷ For we have been ^(o)consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been ^[i]dismayed.
⁸ You have ^(p)placed our iniquities before You,
Our ^(q)secret sins in the light of Your presence.
⁹ For ^(r)all our days have declined in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a ^[j]sigh.
¹⁰ As for the days of our ^[k]life, ^[l]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, ^(s)eighty years,
Yet their pride is but ^(t)labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we ^(u)fly away.
¹¹ Who ^[m]understands the ^(v)power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the ^(w)fear ^[n]that is due You?
¹² So ^(x)teach us to number our days,
That we may ^[o](y)present to You a heart of wisdom.

¹³ Do ^(z)return, O Lord; ^(aa)how long will it be?
And ^[p]be ^(ab)sorry for Your servants.
¹⁴ O ^(ac)satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may ^(ad)sing for joy and be glad all our days.
^15 (ae)Make us glad ^[q]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the ^(af)years we have seen ^[r]evil.
¹⁶ Let Your ^(ag)work appear to Your servants
And Your ^(ah)majesty ^[s]to their children.
¹⁷ Let the ^(ai)favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And ^[t](aj)confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, ^[u]confirm the work of our hands.