2 Before the mountains were born,before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God.You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
3 You turn mortals back into dustand say, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
4 Indeed, in your sight a thousand years are like a single day,like yesterday—already past—like an hour in the night.
5 You sweep mortals away.They are a dream.They sprout again in the morning like cut grass.
6 In the morning they blossom and sprout.In the evening they wither and dry up.
7 Indeed, your anger consumes us.Your rage terrifies us.
8 You have set our sins in front of you.You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.