2Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
5Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
6In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.
9For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted away. Our years shall be considered as a spider: