KJV:
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
NASB:
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands.
KJV:
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
NASB:
It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself If his conduct is pure and right.
KJV:
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
NASB:
The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
KJV:
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
NASB:
The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
KJV:
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
NASB:
If you say, "See, we did not know this," Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not render to man according to his work?
KJV:
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
NASB:
Do not say, "Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."
KJV:
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
NASB:
The strong man will become tinder, His work also a spark. Thus they shall both burn together And there will be none to quench them.
KJV:
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
NASB:
Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the LORD, Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
KJV:
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
NASB:
Behold, you are of no account, And your work amounts to nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.
KJV:
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
NASB:
"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands '?