King James Version KJV
New Living Translation NLT
1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!
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 born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!”
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 you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.
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 people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up 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 blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
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We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
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You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all.
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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We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.
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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Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, 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 can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
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O LORD, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take 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 each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
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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Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
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Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory.
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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And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!
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