2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
3
Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, "Turn back, O children of men!"
4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
5
Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:
6
in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.