| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise Yahweh, to sing praise to Your name, 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 declare Your faithful 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, |
| 3with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre. | 3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. |
| 4For You have made me rejoice, LORD, by what You have done; I will shout for joy because of 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 magnificent are Your works, LORD, how profound Your thoughts! | 5How great are your works, O LORD! Your plans are very intricate! |
| 6A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this: | 6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. |
| 7though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed. | 7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated. |
| 8But You, LORD, are exalted forever. | 8But you, O LORD, reign forever! |
| 9For indeed, LORD, Your enemies-- indeed, 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 lifted up my horn like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed with oil. | 10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil. |
| 11My eyes look down on my enemies; my ears hear evildoers when they attack me. | 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 thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree 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 thrive 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, healthy and green, | 14They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. |
| 15to declare: "The LORD is just; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him." | 15So they proclaim that the LORD, my protector, is just and never unfair. |
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