1 Lord, you have been our homesince the beginning.
2 Before the mountains were bornand before you created the earth and the world,you are God.You have always been, and you will always be.
3 You turn people back into dust.You say, “Go back into dust, human beings.”
4 To you, a thousand yearsis like the passing of a day,or like a few hours in the night.
5 While people sleep, you take their lives.They are like grass that grows up in the morning.
6 In the morning they are fresh and new,but by evening they dry up and die.
7 We are destroyed by your anger;we are terrified by your hot anger.