| New International Version | NET 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 fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One! |
| 2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night, |
| 3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. | 3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. |
| 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 happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done. |
| 5How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! | 5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate! |
| 6Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, | 6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. |
| 7that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. | 7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated. |
| 8But you, LORD, are forever exalted. | 8But you, O LORD, reign forever! |
| 9For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. | 9Indeed, look at your enemies, O LORD! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered! |
| 10You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me. | 10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil. |
| 11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. | 11I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. |
| 12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; | 12The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| 13planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. | 13Planted in the LORD's house, they grow in the courts of our God. |
| 14They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, | 14They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. |
| 15proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." | 15So they proclaim that the LORD, my protector, is just and never unfair. |
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