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| 1 > A Prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. |
Lord, you have seen our dwelling place throughout 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. |
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. |
| 3 > Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. |
You turn men back to dust saying, "Return to dust, O sons 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. |
For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like 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. |
You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the morning |
| 6 > In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
though in the morning it springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered. |
| 7 > For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. |
We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation. |
| 8 > Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance. |
You have set our iniquities before you; our secret sins in the light of your presence. |
| 9 > For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told]. |
All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan. |
| 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. |
The length of our days is seventy years- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and fly away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| 11 > Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath. |
Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you |
| 12 > So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom. |
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. |
| 13 > Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. |
Relent, O Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. |
| 14 > O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,that we may sing for joy 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. |
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. |
| 16 > Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. |
May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to your 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. |
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us -- yes, establish the work of our hands. |
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