| New International Version | International Standard Version |
| 1For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes. | 1An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. |
| 2In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. | 2He flatters himself too much to discover his transgression and hate it. |
| 3The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. | 3The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good. |
| 4Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong. | 4He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil. |
| 5Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. | 5Your gracious love, LORD, reaches to the heavens; your truth extends to the skies. |
| 6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals. | 6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD. |
| 7How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. | 7How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings. |
| 8They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. | 8They are refreshed from the abundance of your house; You cause them to drink from the river of your pleasures. |
| 9For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. | 9For with you is a fountain of life, and in your light we will see light. |
| 10Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. | 10Send forth your gracious love to those who know you, and your righteousness to those who are upright in heart. |
| 11May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away. | 11Do not let the foot of the proud crush me; and do not let the hand of the wicked dissuade me. |
| 12See how the evildoers lie fallen-- thrown down, not able to rise! | 12There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. |
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