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. R
 3 You turn us back to the | dust and say,
  “Turn back, O child- | ren 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 them away | like a dream,
  they fade away suddenly | like the grass:
 6 in the morning it is | green and flourishes;
  in the evening it is dried | up and withered. R
 13 Return, O Lord; how long | will you tarry?
  Be gracious | to your servants.
 14 Satisfy us by your steadfast love | in the morning;
  so shall we rejoice and be glad | all our days.
 15 Make us glad as many days as you af- | flicted us
  and as many years as we suf- | fered adversity.
 16 Show your ser- | vants 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; pros- | per our handiwork.