Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises 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! |
2to proclaim Your loving devotion 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, |
3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. | 3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. |
4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands. | 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, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! | 5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate! |
6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, | 6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. |
7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. | 7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated. |
8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever! | 8But you, O LORD, reign forever! |
9For surely Your enemies, O 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! |
10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed. | 10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil. |
11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing 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, and grow like a cedar in 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. |
14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, | 14They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. |
15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.” | 15So they proclaim that the LORD, my protector, is just and never unfair. |
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