1 L ord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place and our refuge in all generations.

2 B efore the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.

Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You had formed and given birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

3 T hou makest man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.

You turn man back to dust and corruption, and say, Return, O sons of the earthborn!

4 F or a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and a watch in the night.

For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

5 T hou carriest them away as with a flood; they are a sleep: in the morning they are like grass groweth up:

You carry away as with a flood; they are as a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up—

6 I n the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

In the morning it flourishes and springs up; in the evening it is mown down and withers.

7 F or we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

For we are consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, and frightened away.

8 T hou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret in the light of thy countenance.

Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins, You have set in the light of Your countenance.

9 F or all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a thought.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told.

10 T he days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten (seventy years)—or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

11 W ho knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

Who knows the power of Your anger? And Your wrath, who connects it with the reverent and worshipful fear that is due You?

12 S o teach to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.

So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.

13 R eturn, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Turn, O Lord! How long—? Revoke Your sentence and be compassionate and at ease toward Your servants.

14 S atisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

O satisfy us with Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 M ake us glad according to the days thou hast afflicted us, according to the years we have seen evil.

Make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us and to the years in which we have suffered evil.

16 L et thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

Let Your work be revealed to Your servants, and Your majesty to their children.

17 A nd let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.

And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.