Psalm 90. Domine, refugium.

1. Lord, you have been our refuge *
   from one generation to another.
2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, *
   from age to age you are God.
3. You turn us back to the dust and say, *
   Go back, O child of earth.
4. For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past *
   and like a watch in the night.
5. You sweep us away like a dream; *
   we fade away suddenly like the grass.
6. In the morning it is green and flourishes; *
   in the evening it is dried up and withered.
7. For we consume away in your displeasure; *
   we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation.
8. Our iniquities you have set before you, *
   and our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
9. When you are angry, all our days are gone; *
   we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10. The span of our life is seventy years, perhaps in strength even eighty; *
    yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow, for they pass away quickly and we are gone.
11. Who regards the power of your wrath? *
    who rightly fears your indignation?
12. So teach us to number our days *
    that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
13. Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry? *
    be gracious to your servants.
14. Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the morning; *
    so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
15. Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us *
    and the years in which we suffered adversity.
16. Show your servants your works *
    and your splendor to their children.
17. May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; *
    prosper the work of our hands; prosper our handiwork.