| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. | 1Let the godly sing for joy to the LORD; it is fitting for the pure to praise him. |
| 2Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! | 2Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp. |
| 3Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. | 3Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy. |
| 4For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. | 4For the word of the LORD holds true, and we can trust everything he does. |
| 5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. | 5He loves whatever is just and good; the unfailing love of the LORD fills the earth. |
| 6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. | 6The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. |
| 7He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. | 7He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. |
| 8Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! | 8Let the whole world fear the LORD, and let everyone stand in awe of him. |
| 9For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. | 9For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command. |
| 10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. | 10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes. |
| 11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. | 11But the LORD’s plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken. |
| 12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! | 12What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD, whose people he has chosen as his inheritance. |
| 13The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man; | 13The LORD looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race. |
| 14from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, | 14From his throne he observes all who live on the earth. |
| 15he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds. | 15He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do. |
| 16The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. | 16The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior. |
| 17The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue. | 17Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory— for all its strength, it cannot save you. |
| 18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, | 18But the LORD watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love. |
| 19that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. | 19He rescues them from death and keeps them alive in times of famine. |
| 20Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. | 20We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield. |
| 21For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. | 21In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. |
| 22Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you. | 22Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD, for our hope is in you alone. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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