Out of the Depths (130)

`Lord_ you have been our / dwelling place 

for `all_ / generations.

Be `fore the mountains / were~ born, • • be `fore_ you had formed the earth_ / and the world,

from `everlasting to_ everlasting, / you are God.

You `turn mankind to dust_, / say~ ing,

“Re `turn, you children / of mankind.”

`For a thousand years_ in your sight are just like yesterday when / it is past,

`like a watch_ / in the night.

(Ref)

`You sweep them away_ / as they sleep.

`In the morning they_ sprout like / new~ grass.

`In the morning it_ sprouts and / springs~ up.

By `evening, it is withered / and~ dry.

`For we are consumed_ / in your anger.

`We are troubled / in your wrath.

`You have set_ our iniquities be / fore~ you,

our `secret sins_ in the light_ / of your presence.

For `all our days have passed away_ / in your wrath.

We `bring our years_ to an end_ / as a sigh.

The `days_ of our years are seventy, or eighty if our / strength endures;

`yet their span_ is but labor / and~ sorrow, • • `for it passes quickly, and we / fly away.

(Ref)

`Who_ knows the power / of your anger,

your `wrath according to the fear_ that is / due to you?

`So teach us to / count our days,

that `we may gain a / heart of wisdom.

Re `lent_, LORD!_ / How~ long?

`Have compassion / on your servants!

`Satisfy us in the morning with your / loving kindness,

`that we may rejoice_ and be glad_ / all our days.

`Make us glad_ for as many days as you_ have af / flicted us,

`for as many years as we have / seen~ evil.

`Let your work appear_ / to your servants,

your `glory / to their children. +

`Let the favor of the Lord our God be / on~ us.

Es `tab_ lish the work_ of our / hands for us. • • Es `tab_ lish the work_ / of our hands.