Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
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O Lord, you have always been our home.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
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Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever.
3 Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, "Turn back, O children of men!"
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You tell us to return to what we were; you change us back to dust.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
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A thousand years to you are like one day; they are like yesterday, already gone, like a short hour in the night.
5 Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:
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You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
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that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up and die in the evening.
7 For we are consumed by thy anger; by thy wrath we are overwhelmed.
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We are destroyed by your anger; we are terrified 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 place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.
9 For all our days pass away under thy wrath, our years come to an end like a sigh.
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Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.
10 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.
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Seventy years is all we have - eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.
11 Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
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Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
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Teach us how short our life is, so that we may become wise.
13 Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on thy servants!
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How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O Lord, on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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Fill us each morning with your constant love, so that we may sing and be glad all our life.
15 Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil.
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Give us now as much happiness as the sadness you gave us during all our years of misery.
16 Let thy work be manifest to thy servants, and thy glorious power to their children.
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Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might.
17 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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Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!
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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.