| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation. | 1To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. |
| 2Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. | 2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. |
| 3My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. | 3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. |
| 4For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. | 4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. |
| 5The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. | 5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. |
| 6You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. | 6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. |
| 7But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. | 7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. |
| 8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face. | 8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. |
| 9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue. | 9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. |
| 10Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You. | 10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. |
| 11But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. | 11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. |
| 12For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. | 12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. |
| 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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