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You ^(C1)turn mortals back into dust And say, "Return, you sons of mankind."

For ^(C1)a thousand years in Your sight Are like ^(C2)yesterday when it passes by, ^(F1)Or like a ^(C3)watch in the night.

You ^(C1)have ^(F1)swept them away like a flood, they ^(F2)(C2)fall asleep; In the morning they are like ^(C3)grass that ^(F3)sprouts anew.

In the morning it ^(C1)flourishes and ^(F1)sprouts anew; Toward evening it ^(C2)wilts and ^(C3)withers away.

For we have been ^(C1)consumed by Your anger, And we have been terrified by Your wrath.

You have ^(C1)placed our guilty deeds before You, Our ^(C2)hidden sins in the light of Your presence.

For ^(C1)all our days have dwindled away in Your fury; We have finished our years like a ^(F1)sigh.

As for the days of our ^(F1)life, ^(F2)they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, ^(C1)eighty years, Yet their pride is only ^(C2)trouble and tragedy; For it quickly passes, and we ^(C3)disappear.

Who ^(F1)understands the ^(C1)power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the ^(C2)fear ^(F2)that is due You?

So ^(C1)teach us to number our days, That we may ^(F1)(C2)present to You a heart of wisdom.