Book of Common Prayer

⁴ “I will make mention of ^[a]Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me;
Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia:
‘This one was born there.’ ”

⁵ And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will record,
When He ^(C)registers the peoples:
“This one was born there.” Selah

⁷ Both the singers and the players on instruments say,
“All my springs are in you.”

³ You turn man to destruction,
And say, ^(D)“Return, O children of men.”
^4 (E)For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
⁵ You carry them away like a flood;
^(F)They are like a sleep.
In the morning ^(G)they are like grass which grows up:
⁶ In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

⁷ For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
^8 (H)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our ^(I)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
⁹ For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
¹⁰ The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
¹¹ Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
^12 (J)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹³ Return, O Lord!
How long?
And ^(K)have compassion on Your servants.
¹⁴ Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
^(L)That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
¹⁵ Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let ^(M)Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
^17 (N)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And ^(O)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.

⁴ To Him ^(D)who alone does great wonders,
For His mercy endures forever;
^5 (E)To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,
For His mercy endures forever;
^6 (F)To Him who laid out the earth above the waters,
For His mercy endures forever;
^7 (G)To Him who made great lights,
For His mercy endures forever—
^8 (H)The sun to rule by day,
For His mercy endures forever;
⁹ The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.

^10 (I)To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn,
For His mercy endures forever;
^11 (J)And brought out Israel from among them,
For His mercy endures forever;
^12 (K)With a strong hand, and with ^[a]an outstretched arm,
For His mercy endures forever;
^13 (L)To Him who divided the Red Sea in two,
For His mercy endures forever;
¹⁴ And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His mercy endures forever;
^15 (M)But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,
For His mercy endures forever;
^16 (N)To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His mercy endures forever;
^17 (O)To Him who struck down great kings,
For His mercy endures forever;
^18 (P)And slew famous kings,
For His mercy endures forever—
^19 (Q)Sihon king of the Amorites,
For His mercy endures forever;
^20 (R)And Og king of Bashan,
For His mercy endures forever—
^21 (S)And gave their land as a ^[b]heritage,
For His mercy endures forever;
²² A heritage to Israel His servant,
For His mercy endures forever.

²³ Who ^(T)remembered us in our lowly state,
For His mercy endures forever;
²⁴ And ^(U)rescued us from our enemies,
For His mercy endures forever;
^25 (V)Who gives food to all flesh,
For His mercy endures forever.

²⁶ Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven!
For His mercy endures forever.