| Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praise to your name, Most High, | 1A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; |
| 2to declare your faithful love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, |
| 3with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre. | 3With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. |
| 4For you have made me rejoice, LORD, by what you have done; I will shout for joy because of the works of your hands. | 4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands. |
| 5How magnificent are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! | 5How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep. |
| 6A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this: | 6A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this: |
| 7though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed. | 7That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore. |
| 8But you, LORD, are exalted forever. | 8But You, O LORD, are on high forever. |
| 9For indeed, LORD, your enemies--indeed, your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. | 9For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be scattered. |
| 10You have lifted up my horn like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed with the finest oil. | 10But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. |
| 11My eyes look at my enemies; when evildoers rise against me, my ears hear them. | 11And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. |
| 12The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon. | 12The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| 13Planted in the house of the LORD, they thrive in the courts of our God. | 13Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. |
| 14They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green, | 14They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, |
| 15to declare: "The LORD is just; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him." | 15To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. |
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