| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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! | 1A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; |
| 2It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night, | 2To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, |
| 3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. | 3With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. |
| 4For you, O LORD, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done. | 4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands. |
| 5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate! | 5How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep. |
| 6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. | 6A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this: |
| 7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated. | 7That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore. |
| 8But you, O LORD, reign forever! | 8But You, O LORD, are on high forever. |
| 9Indeed, look at your enemies, O LORD! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered! | 9For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be scattered. |
| 10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil. | 10But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. |
| 11I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. | 11And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. |
| 12The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. | 12The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| 13Planted in the LORD's house, they grow in the courts of our God. | 13Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. |
| 14They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. | 14They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, |
| 15So they proclaim that the LORD, my protector, is just and never unfair. | 15To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. |
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