1. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2. Before the mountains were born or 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 sight are 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: