| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praise to your name, Most High; | 1It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; |
| 2to proclaim your gracious love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, |
| 3accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, and the contemplative sound of a harp. | 3to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. |
| 4Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands. | 4For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. |
| 5How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are unfathomable. | 5How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep! |
| 6A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this: | 6The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: |
| 7Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed. | 7that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; |
| 8But you are exalted forever, LORD. | 8but you, O LORD, are on high forever. |
| 9Look at your enemies, LORD! Look at your enemies, for they are destroyed; everyone who practices iniquity will be scattered. | 9For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered. |
| 10You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil. | 10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil. |
| 11My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear. | 11My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants. |
| 12The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. | 12The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| 13Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God. | 13They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. |
| 14They will still bear fruit even in old age; they will be luxuriant and green. | 14They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, |
| 15They will proclaim: "The LORD is upright; my rock, in whom there is no injustice." | 15to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. |
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