⁴ Among those who ^(G)know me I mention ^(H)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(I)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(J)establish her.
⁶ The Lord records as he ^(K)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

^7 (L)Singers and ^(M)dancers alike say,
    “All my ^(N)springs are in you.”

³ You return man to dust
    and say, ^(G)“Return, ^(H)O children of man!”^[b]
4 For ^(I)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as ^(J)yesterday when it is past,
    or as ^(K)a watch in the night.

⁵ You ^(L)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like ^(M)a dream,
    like ^(N)grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶ in ^(O)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it ^(P)fades and ^(Q)withers.

⁷ For we are brought to an end by your anger;
    by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸ You have ^(R)set our iniquities before you,
    our ^(S)secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹ For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰ The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[c] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

^12 (T)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.
^13 (U)Return, O Lord! ^(V)How long?
    Have ^(W)pity on your servants!
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the ^(X)morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may ^(Y)rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have ^(Z)afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let your ^(AA)work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷ Let the ^(AB)favor^[d] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish ^(AC)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

^10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
^(B)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself ^(C)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    ^(D)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause ^(E)righteousness and praise
    to sprout up before all the nations.