| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. | 1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. |
| 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 brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. |
| 3You turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.” | 3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. |
| 4For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night. | 4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. |
| 5You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: | 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. |
| 6In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers. | 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
| 7For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified. | 7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. |
| 8You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. | 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. |
| 9For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh. | 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 11Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. | 11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. |
| 12So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. | 12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. |
| 13Return, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. | 13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. |
| 14Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days! | 14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
| 15Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil. | 15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. |
| 16Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children. | 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. |
| 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 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. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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