⁴ A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(A)

¹⁰ Our days may come to seventy years,^(A)
    or eighty,^(B) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(C)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(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)

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.^(A)