King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy 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 shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
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to proclaim your constant love every morning and your faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
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with the music of stringed instruments and with melody on the harp.
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy 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 thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
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How great are your actions, Lord! How deep are your thoughts!
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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This is something a fool cannot know; someone who is stupid cannot understand:
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
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the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed,
8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
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because you, Lord, are supreme forever.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
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We know that your enemies will die, and all the wicked will be defeated.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
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I have seen the defeat of my enemies and heard the cries of the wicked.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
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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 shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
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that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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This shows that the Lord is just, that there is no wrong in my protector.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.