King James Version KJV
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. LORD, thou hast 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 thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, "Turn back, O children of men!"
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 thy 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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Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which 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 thy anger; by thy 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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Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy 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 thy 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 years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; 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 thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
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 thy 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 thy 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 as many days as thou hast 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 thy work be manifest to thy servants, and thy 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 thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.