King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
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 turn us back to dust, and say, "Turn back, 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 a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like 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; 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 consumed by your anger; by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
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 countenance.
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; our years come 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 days of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only 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? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due 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 count our days that we may gain a wise heart.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
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Turn, O Lord! How long? Have compassion 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, so 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 as many days as you have afflicted us, and 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 manifest 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 prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands!
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