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| [1] Lorde thou hast ben our habitation: from one generation to another generation |
[1]A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. |
| [2]Before the moutaynes were brought foorth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made: thou art God both from euerlastyng, and also vntyll euerlastyng |
[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. |
| [3]Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust: thou sayest also, O ye children of men returne you into dust |
[3]Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. |
| [4]For a thousande yeres in thy syght are but as yestarday that is past: and as a watch in the nyght |
[4]For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. |
| [5]Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth |
[5]Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth. |
| [6]In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered |
[6]In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
| [7]For we be consumed through thy displeasure: and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation |
[7]For we are consumed by thy anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. |
| [8]Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee: and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie, in the lyght of thy countenaunce |
[8]Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. |
| [9]For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as [in speaking] a worde |
[9]For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is told. |
| [10]The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength [of nature] men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it |
[10]The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. |
| [11]Who regardeth the force of thy wrath? for euen there after as a man feareth thee, so [feeleth he] thy displeasure |
[11]Who knoweth the power of thy anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. |
| [12]Make vs to knowe so our dayes, that we number them: and we wyll frame a heart [vnto] wisdome |
[12]So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. |
| [13]Turne agayne O God (what, for euer [wylt thou be angry?]) and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes |
[13]Return, O LORD, how long? and repent thou concerning thy servants. |
| [14]Replenishe vs early in the mornyng with thy mercie: and we wyll crye out for ioy, and be glad all the dayes of our lyfe |
[14]O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
| [15]Make vs mery accordyng to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs: and accordyng to the yeres wherin we haue suffred aduersitie |
[15]Make us glad according to the days in which thou hast afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. |
| [16]Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes: and thy glory in their children |
[16]Let thy work appear to thy servants, and thy glory to their children. |
| [17]And let the glorious maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs: and prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs, O prosper thou our handy worke |
[17]And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yes, the work of our hands establish thou it. |