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)
5 Yet you sweep people away^(C) 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.^(D)

¹² Teach us to number our days,^(A)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(B)

¹³ Relent, Lord! How long^(C) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(D)
14 Satisfy^(E) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(F)
    that we may sing for joy^(G) and be glad all our days.^(H)
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.^(I)

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.^(J)