³ You ^(E)turn mortals back into dust
And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”
⁴ For ^(F)a thousand years in Your sight
Are like ^(G)yesterday when it passes by,
^[d]Or like a ^(H)watch in the night.
⁵ You ^(I)have ^[e]swept them away like a flood, they ^[f](J)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like ^(K)grass that ^[g]sprouts anew.
⁶ In the morning it ^(L)flourishes and ^[h]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it ^(M)wilts and ^(N)withers away.

⁷ For we have been ^(O)consumed by Your anger,
And we have been terrified by Your wrath.
⁸ You have ^(P)placed our guilty deeds before You,
Our ^(Q)hidden sins in the light of Your presence.
⁹ For ^(R)all our days have dwindled away in Your fury;
We have finished our years like a ^[i]sigh.
¹⁰ As for the days of our ^[j]life, ^[k]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, ^(S)eighty years,
Yet their pride is only ^(T)trouble and tragedy;
For it quickly passes, and we ^(U)disappear.
¹¹ Who ^[l]understands the ^(V)power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the ^(W)fear ^[m]that is due You?
¹² So ^(X)teach us to number our days,
That we may ^[n](Y)present to You a heart of wisdom.

¹³ Do ^(Z)return, Lord; ^(AA)how long will it be?
And ^[o]be ^(AB)sorry for Your servants.
^14 (AC)Satisfy us in the morning with Your graciousness,
That we may ^(AD)sing for joy and rejoice all our days.
^15 (AE)Make us glad ^[p]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the ^(AF)years we have seen ^[q]evil.
¹⁶ Let Your ^(AG)work appear to Your servants
And Your ^(AH)majesty ^[r]to their children.
¹⁷ May the ^(AI)kindness of the Lord our God be upon us;
And ^[s](AJ)confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, ^[t]confirm the work of our hands.