3 GLT You return man to dust, and you say,“Return, you descendants of mankind.” BSB BSB: You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
4 GLT For a thousand years in your sight are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. BSB BSB: For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
5 GLT You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up. BSB BSB: You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
6 GLT In the morning it blooms and grows up; in the evening it withers and dries up. BSB BSB: in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
7 GLT Truly, we are consumed in your anger, and in your wrath we are terrified. BSB BSB: For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
8 GLT You have set our iniquities before you, our hidden sins in the light of your presence. BSB BSB: You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 GLT For our life passes away under your wrath; our years quickly pass like a sigh. BSB BSB: For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
10 GLT Our years are seventy, or even eighty if we are healthy; but even our best years are marked by trouble and sorrow. Yes, they pass quickly, and we fly away. BSB BSB: The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 GLT Who knows the intensity of your anger, and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you? BSB BSB: Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
12 GLT So teach us to consider our life so that we might live wisely. BSB BSB: So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
13 GLT Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be? Have pity on your servants. BSB BSB: Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
14 GLT Satisfy us in the morning with your covenant faithfulness so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. BSB BSB: Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 GLT Make us glad in proportion to the days you afflicted us and to the years we have experienced trouble. BSB BSB: Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 GLT Let your servants see your work, and let our children see your majesty. BSB BSB: May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
17 GLT May the favor of the Lord our God be ours; prosper the work of our hands; indeed, prosper the work of our hands. BSB BSB: May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
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