| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. "Selah" | 45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. "Selah" |
| 46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? | 46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? |
| 47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! | 47 Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! |
| 48 What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? "Selah" | 48 What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave ? "Selah" |
| 49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? | 49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? |
| 50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, | 50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, |
| 51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. | 51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. |
| 52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. | 52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. |
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