Psalm 92, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

Modern

1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

Classic

1IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:

Modern

2to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night

Classic

2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

Modern

3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

Classic

3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

Modern

4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Classic

4For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Modern

5How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

Classic

5O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Modern

6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Classic

6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Modern

7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Classic

7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Modern

8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!

Classic

8But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

Modern

9For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

Classic

9For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Modern

10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

Classic

10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Modern

11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

Classic

11Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Modern

12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Classic

12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Modern

13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Classic

13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Modern

14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

Classic

14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Modern

15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”

Classic

15To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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