| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: | 1Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth! |
| 2Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. | 2Sing about the glory of his name! Tell the world how glorious he is. |
| 3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. | 3Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Your enemies cringe before your mighty power. |
| 4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. | 4Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs.” Interlude |
| 5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. | 5Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people! |
| 6He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. | 6He made a dry path through the Red Sea, and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. |
| 7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. | 7For by his great power he rules forever. He watches every movement of the nations; let no rebel rise in defiance. Interlude |
| 8O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: | 8Let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing his praises. |
| 9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. | 9Our lives are in his hands, and he keeps our feet from stumbling. |
| 10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. | 10You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver. |
| 11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. | 11You captured us in your net and laid the burden of slavery on our backs. |
| 12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. | 12Then you put a leader over us. We went through fire and flood, but you brought us to a place of great abundance. |
| 13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, | 13Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings to fulfill the vows I made to you— |
| 14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. | 14yes, the sacred vows that I made when I was in deep trouble. |
| 15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. | 15That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you— the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma, and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats. Interlude |
| 16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. | 16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. |
| 17I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. | 17For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. |
| 18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: | 18If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. |
| 19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. | 19But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. |
| 20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. | 20Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | 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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