PSALM 23
Response:
Lord, give success to the work of our hands.
Verse 1:
Before the mountains were born
or the earth or the world brought forth,
you are God, without beginning or end.
Verse 2:
You turn men back into dust
and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’
To your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday,
come and gone, no more than a watch in the night.
Verse 3:
You sweep men away like a dream,
like grass which springs up in the morning.
In the morning it springs up and flowers:
by evening it withers and fades.
Verse 4:
Make us know the shortness of our life
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever?
Show pity to your servants.
Verse 5:
In the morning, fill us with your love;
we shall exult and rejoice all our days.
Show forth your work to your servants;
let your glory shine on their children.