3 WYC Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid. BSB BSB: You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
4 WYC For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt. BSB BSB: For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
5 WYC The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt. BSB BSB: You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
6 WYC Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie. BSB BSB: in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
7 WYC For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce. BSB BSB: For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
8 WYC Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer. BSB BSB: You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 WYC For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn; BSB BSB: For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
10 WYC the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid. 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 WYC Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede? BSB BSB: Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
12 WYC Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom. BSB BSB: So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
13 WYC Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis. BSB BSB: Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
14 WYC We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies. BSB BSB: Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 WYC We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels. BSB BSB: Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 WYC Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem. BSB BSB: May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
17 WYC And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis. 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!
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.