King James Version KJV
English Standard Version ESV
1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
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Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
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For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
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You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
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in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
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For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
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You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
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For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
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Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
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Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
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Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
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Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
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Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
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