A   Lorde, thou hast bene oure refuge from one generacyon to another.

Before the mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the earth ∧ the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastyng and worlde without ende.

Thou turnest man to destruccion. Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye chyldren of men. ^noteFor a thousande yeares in thy syght are but as yesterdaye, seynge that is past as a watch in the nyght. As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly lyke the grasse,

B   In the mornyng it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cut downe (dryed vp) and withered. For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, ∧ are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacy&obar;. Thou hast set oure misdedes before the, and oure secrete synnes in the lyght of thy countena&ubar;ce. For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone: we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde.

The dayes of oure age are thre score yeares and ten: and though men be so stronge that they come to foure score yeares, yet is theyr strength then but laboure &abar;d sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, and we are gone.

C   But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, for euen therafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. ^noteO teach vs, to n&obar;bre oure dayes, that we maye applye oure hertes vnto wysdome. Turne the agayne (O Lorde) at the laste, and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes. O satisfye vs with thy mercy, and that soone: so shall we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure lyfe.

Comforte vs agayne, now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs, and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersyte.

Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, and theyr chyldren thy glory. And the glorious maiesty of the Lorde oure God be vpon vs: prospere thou the worke of oure h&abar;des vp&obar; vs, O prospere thou oure handy worke.

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