| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Lord, you've been our refuge from generation to generation. | 1Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. |
| 2Before the mountains were formed or the earth and the world were brought forth, you are God from eternity to eternity. | 2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. |
| 3You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!" | 3You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” |
| 4One thousand years in your sight are but a single day that passes by, just like a night watch. | 4For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. |
| 5You will sweep them away while they are asleep— by morning they are like growing grass. | 5You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: |
| 6In the morning it blossoms and is renewed, but toward evening, it fades and withers. | 6in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. |
| 7Indeed, we are consumed by your anger and terrified by your wrath. | 7For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. |
| 8You have set our iniquities before you, what we have concealed in the light of your presence. | 8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. |
| 9All our days pass away in your wrath; our years fade away and end like a sigh. | 9For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. |
| 10We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away. | 10The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. |
| 11Who can know the intensity of your anger? Because our fear of you matches your wrath, | 11Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? |
| 12teach us to keep account of our days so we may develop inner wisdom. | 12So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
| 13Please return, LORD! When will it be? Comfort your servants. | 13Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! |
| 14Satisfy us in the morning with your gracious love so we may sing for joy and rejoice every day. | 14Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
| 15Cause us to rejoice throughout the time when you have afflicted us, the years when we have known trouble. | 15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. |
| 16May your awesome deeds be revealed to your servants, as well as your splendor to their children. | 16Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. |
| 17May your favor be on us, Lord our God; make our endeavors successful; yes, make our endeavors secure! | 17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! |
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