³ You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”^(C)
4 For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.^(D)
5 You end their lives;^[b] they sleep.^(E)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
⁶ in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.^(F)

⁷ For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.^(G)
8 You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.^(H)
9 For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.^(I)
10 Our lives last^[c] seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are^[d] struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.^(J)
11 Who understands the power of Your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.^(K)
12 Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.^[e](L)

¹³ Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.^(M)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with Your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.^(N)
15 Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.^(O)
16 Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.^(P)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!^(Q)