Of God and Humanity
1O Lord, you have always been our home.
2Before you created the hills
or brought the world into being,
you were eternally God,
and will be God for ever.
3You tell us to return to what we were;
you change us back to dust.
4A thousand years to you are like one day;
they are like yesterday, already gone,
like a short hour in the night.
5You carry us away like a flood;
we last no longer than a dream.
We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,
6that grow and burst into bloom,
then dry up and die in the evening.