Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. | Before the mountains were brought forth or the earth and the world came into existence, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. |
For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. | For to you a thousand years are like a yesterday that has passed or one of the watches of the night. |
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So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. | Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. |
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands! | May the favor of the Lord, our God, rest upon us. And may the work of our hands prosper— indeed, may the work of our hands prosper. |