| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near. | 1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. |
| 2“When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly. | 2When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. |
| 3The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah | 3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. |
| 4“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn. | 4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: |
| 5Do not lift up your horn on high; Do not speak with a stiff neck.’ ” | 5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. |
| 6For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south. | 6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. |
| 7But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another. | 7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. |
| 8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down. | 8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. |
| 9But I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. | 9But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. |
| 10“All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.” | 10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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