2 Heb “your report,” that is, “the report concerning you.”
3 Heb “I fear.” Some prefer to read, “I saw, Lord, what you accomplished” (cf. ).
4 Heb “your work.”
5 Heb “in the midst of years.” The meaning of the phrase, which occurs only here in the OT, is uncertain (cf. “in our day”; , “in the midst of the years”).
6 Heb “revive it” (i.e., “your work”).
7 Heb “make known.” The implied object is “your deeds”; the pronoun “them,” referring to “deeds” in the previous line, was employed in the translation to avoid redundancy. The suffix on the form חַיֵּיהוּ (khayyehu, “revive it”) does double duty in the parallelism.
8 Heb “in turmoil remember [to show] compassion.”

In other versions

O Lord, I have heard the report of you,

and your work, O Lord, do I fear.

In the midst of the years revive it;

in the midst of the years make it known;

in wrath remember mercy.

Lord, I have heard of your fame;

I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.

Repeat them in our day,

in our time make them known;

in wrath remember mercy.

Lord, I have heard the report about you;

Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds.

Revive your work in these years;

make it known in these years.

In your wrath remember mercy!

I have heard all about you, Lord.

I am filled with awe by your amazing works.

In this time of our deep need,

help us again as you did in years gone by.

And in your anger,

remember your mercy.

O Yahweh, I have heard the report of you;

O Yahweh, I stand in awe of your works.

In the midst of the years, revive it!

In the midst of the years, make it known!

In wrath, may you remember to show compassion.

O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid:

O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years,

In the midst of the years make known;

In wrath remember mercy.

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