The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;
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How good it is to give thanks to you, O Lord, to sing in your honor, O Most High God,
2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;
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to proclaim your constant love every morning and your faithfulness every night,
3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.
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with the music of stringed instruments and with melody on the harp.
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.
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Your mighty deeds, O Lord, make me glad; because of what you have done, I sing for joy.
5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
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How great are your actions, Lord! How deep are your thoughts!
6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
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This is something a fool cannot know; someone who is stupid cannot understand:
7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.
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the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed,
8 But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.
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because you, Lord, are supreme forever.
9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
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We know that your enemies will die, and all the wicked will be defeated.
10 But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head.
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You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.
11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.
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I have seen the defeat of my enemies and heard the cries of the wicked.
12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
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The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.
13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
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They are like trees planted in the house of the Lord, that flourish in the Temple of our God,
14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
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that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.
15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
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This shows that the Lord is just, that there is no wrong in my protector.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.