Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
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 praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, |
2to declare your faithful love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, |
3with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre. | 3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. |
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 make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. |
5How magnificent are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! | 5How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! |
6A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this: | 6Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, |
7though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed. | 7that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. |
8But you, LORD, are exalted forever. | 8But you, LORD, are forever exalted. |
9For indeed, LORD, your enemies--indeed, your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. | 9For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. |
10You have lifted up my horn like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed with the finest oil. | 10You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me. |
11My eyes look at my enemies; when evildoers rise against me, my ears hear them. | 11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. |
12The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon. | 12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of 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 bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, |
15to declare: "The LORD is just; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him." | 15proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." |
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