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    Before the mountains were born,
    before you had formed the earth and the world,
    even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
You turn man to destruction, saying,
    “Return, you children of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past,
    like a watch in the night.

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Before the mountains were born(A)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(B) you are God.(C)

You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(D)
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(E)

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