| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. | 1Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! |
| 2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. | 2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God. |
| 3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. | 3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!” |
| 4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. | 4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. |
| 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. | 5You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning. |
| 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. | 6In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered. |
| 7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. | 7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury. |
| 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. | 8You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all. |
| 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. | 9We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan. |
| 10The 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. | 10Seventy 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. |
| 11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. | 11Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve. |
| 12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. | 12Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. |
| 13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. | 13O LORD, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants! |
| 14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. | 14Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives. |
| 15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. | 15Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good. |
| 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. | 16Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory. |
| 17And 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. | 17And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful! |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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