2 ^aBefore the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You¹ had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. ‡

3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, ^a“Return, O children of men.” ‡

5 You carry them away like a flood;
^aThey are like a sleep.
In the morning ^bthey are like grass which grows up: ‡

6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.