| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have 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 You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. | 2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God. |
| 3You turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.” | 3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!” |
| 4For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. | 4For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. |
| 5You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: | 5You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning. |
| 6In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers. | 6In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered. |
| 7For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified. | 7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury. |
| 8You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. | 8You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all. |
| 9For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. | 9We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan. |
| 10The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor 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 knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your 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 gain a heart of wisdom. | 12Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. |
| 13Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. | 13O LORD, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants! |
| 14Oh, satisfy us early with Your 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 in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil. | 15Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good. |
| 16Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to 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 the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. | 17And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful! |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | 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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