2. You have always been God—long before the birthof the mountains,even before you createdthe earth and the world.
3. At your command we dieand turn back to dust,
4. but a thousand yearsmean nothing to you!They are merely a day gone byor a few hours in the night.
5. You bring our lives to an endjust like a dream.We are merely tender grass
6. that sprouts and growsin the morning,but dries up by evening.