⁵ Yet you sweep people away^(A) 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.^(B)

⁷ We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(C) in the light of your presence.^(D)
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.^(E)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,^(F)
    or eighty,^(G) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(H)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(I)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath^(J) is as great as the fear that is your due.^(K)
12 Teach us to number our days,^(L)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(M)

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(N) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(O)
14 Satisfy^(P) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(Q)
    that we may sing for joy^(R) and be glad all our days.^(S)
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
¹⁶ May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.^(T)

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.^(U)