3 You tell us to return to what we were;you change us back to dust.
4 A thousand years to you are like one day;they are like yesterday, already gone,like a short hour in the night.
5 You carry us away like a flood;we last no longer than a dream.We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,
6 that grow and burst into bloom,then dry up and die in the evening.
7 We are destroyed by your anger;we are terrified by your fury.
8 You place our sins before you,our secret sins where you can see them.
9 Our life is cut short by your anger;it fades away like a whisper.