| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. | 1A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. |
| 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 or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting 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. | 4A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. |
| 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. | 5Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death-- they are like the new grass of the morning: |
| 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. | 6In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered. |
| 7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. | 7We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation. |
| 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. | 8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. |
| 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. | 9All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan. |
| 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. | 10Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. |
| 11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. | 11If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due. |
| 12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. | 12Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. |
| 13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. | 13Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. |
| 14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. | 14Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. |
| 15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. | 15Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. |
| 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. | 16May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. |
| 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. | 17May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of our hands. |
|
