³ You turn us^[b] back to dust
    and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”^(C)
4 For a thousand years in your sight
    are like yesterday when it is past
    or like a watch in the night.^(D)

⁵ You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
    like grass that is renewed in the morning;^(E)
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it fades and withers.^(F)

⁷ For we are consumed by your anger;
    by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
⁸ You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your countenance.^(G)

⁹ For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    our years come to an end^[c] like a sigh.^(H)
10 The days of our life are seventy years
    or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span^[d] is only toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.^(I)

¹¹ Who considers the power of your anger?
    Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.^(J)
12 So teach us to count our days
    that we may gain a wise heart.^(K)

¹³ Turn, O Lord! How long?
    Have compassion on your servants!^(L)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
    so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.^(M)
15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us
    and as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let your work be manifest to your servants
    and your glorious power to their children.^(N)
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us
    and prosper for us the work of our hands—
    O prosper the work of our hands!^(O)