New International Version | New Living Translation |
1A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, | 1It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to the Most High. |
2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening, |
3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. | 3accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre. |
4For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. | 4You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. |
5How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! | 5O LORD, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts. |
6Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, | 6Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this: |
7that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. | 7Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. |
8But you, LORD, are forever exalted. | 8But you, O LORD, will be exalted forever. |
9For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. | 9Your enemies, LORD, will surely 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 made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil. |
11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. | 11My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents. |
12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; | 12But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. |
13planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. | 13For they are transplanted to the LORD’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God. |
14They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, | 14Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green. |
15proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." | 15They will declare, “The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!” |
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