1. Lord, you have been our dwelling-placethroughout all generations.
2. Before the mountains were bornor you brought forth the whole world,from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3. You turn people back to dust,saying, ‘Return to dust, you mortals.’
4. A thousand years in your sightare like a day that has just gone by,or like a watch in the night.
5. Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death –they are like the new grass of the morning:
6. In the morning it springs up new,but by evening it is dry and withered.
7. We are consumed by your angerand terrified by your indignation.
8. You have set our iniquities before you,our secret sins in the light of your presence.