Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.
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Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones; praise from the upright is beautiful.
2 Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
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Praise the Lord with the lyre; make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.
3 Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.
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Sing a new song to Him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.
4 For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness.
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For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is trustworthy.
5 Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.
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He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the Lord's unfailing love.
6 By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
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The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.
7 Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
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He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.
8 Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.
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Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
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For He spoke, and it came into being; He commanded, and it came into existence.
10 Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
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The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
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The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
12 O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.
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Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord- the people He has chosen to be His own possession!
13 From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.
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The Lord looks down from heaven; He observes everyone.
14 From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;
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He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from His dwelling place.
15 Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.
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He alone crafts their hearts; He considers all their works.
16 The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.
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A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.
17 A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
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The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.
18 Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
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Now the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him- those who depend on His faithful love
19 To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
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to deliver them from death and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,
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We wait for the Lord; He is our help and shield.
21 For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.
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For our hearts rejoice in Him, because we trust in His holy name.
22 Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!
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May Your faithful love rest on us, Lord, for we put our hope in You.
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