³ You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(A)
4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(B)

¹⁷ May the favor^[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.^(A)