Psalms 89:2-17

²Before the mountains existed, And before the earth and the world were formed, Even from age to age, thou art.

³Turn not man back to his low place, Whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight are As the yesterday which is past, And as a watch in the night.

⁵Years shall be vanity to them: Let the morning pass away as grass.

⁶In the morning let it flower, and pass away: In the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.

⁷For we have perished in thine anger, And in thy wrath we have been troubled.

⁸Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: Our age is in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days are gone, And we have passed away in thy wrath: Our years have spun out their tale as a spider.

¹⁰As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; And if men should be in strength, eighty years: And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble; For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.

¹¹Who knows the power of thy wrath?

¹²And who knows how to number his days Because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, And those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.

¹³Return, O Lord, how long? And be entreated concerning thy servants.

¹⁴We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; And we did exult and rejoice:

¹⁵Let us rejoice in all our days, In return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us, The years wherein we saw evil.

¹⁶And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works; And guide their children.

¹⁷And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: And do thou direct for us the works of our hands.