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!

⁸ There is ^(M)none like you among the gods, O Lord,
    ^(N)nor are there any works like yours.
^9 (O)All the nations you have made shall come
    and worship before you, O Lord,
    and shall glorify your name.
¹⁰ For ^(P)you are great and ^(Q)do wondrous things;
    ^(R)you alone are God.
^11 (S)Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may ^(T)walk in your truth;
    ^(U)unite my heart to fear your name.
¹² I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
    and I will glorify your name forever.
^13 (V)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have ^(W)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

¹⁴ O God, insolent men have ^(X)risen up against me;
    a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.
¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a God ^(Y)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
^16 (Z)Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to ^(AA)your servant,
    and save ^(AB)the son of your maidservant.
^17 (AC)Show me a sign of your ^(AD)favor,
    that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

³ O Lord my God, ^(F)if I have done this,
    if there is ^(G)wrong in my hands,
⁴ if I have repaid ^(H)my friend^[b] with evil
    or ^(I)plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵ let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
    and let him ^(J)trample my life to the ground
    and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

^6 (K)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
    ^(L)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    ^(M)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
    over it return on high.

⁸ The Lord ^(N)judges the peoples;
    ^(O)judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.
⁹ Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who ^(P)test ^(Q)the minds and hearts,^[c]
    O righteous God!
¹⁰ My shield is ^(R)with God,
    who saves ^(S)the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is ^(T)a righteous judge,
    and a God who feels ^(U)indignation every day.

¹² If a man^[d] does not repent, God^[e] will ^(V)whet his sword;
    he has ^(W)bent and ^(X)readied his bow;
¹³ he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his ^(Y)arrows ^(Z)fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man ^(AA)conceives evil
    and is ^(AB)pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵ He makes ^(AC)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
¹⁶ His ^(AD)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

¹⁷ I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
    and I will ^(AE)sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.