New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
1A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, | 1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, |
2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night |
3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. | 3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. |
4For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. | 4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands. |
5How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! | 5How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! |
6Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, | 6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, |
7that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. | 7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. |
8But you, LORD, are forever exalted. | 8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever! |
9For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. | 9For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. |
10You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me. | 10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed. |
11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. | 11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes. |
12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; | 12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
13planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish 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, they will stay fresh and green, | 14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, |
15proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." | 15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.” |
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