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Psalms 91
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 91 compared with Septuagint (LXX2012) 91
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2It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to thy name, O thou Most High;
2(92) A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath-day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O you Most High;
3to proclaim thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth by night,
3to proclaim your mercy in the morning, and your truth by night,
4on a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the harp.
4on a lute of ten strings, with a song on the harp.
5For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work: and in the operations of thy hands will I exult.
5For you, O Lord, have made me glad with your work: and in the operations of your hands will I exult.
6How have thy works been magnified, O Lord! thy thoughts are very deep.
6How have your works been magnified, O Lord! your thoughts are very deep.
7A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.
7A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.
8When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; [it is] that they may be utterly destroyed for ever.
8When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; [it is] that they may be utterly destroyed for ever.
9But thou, O Lord, art most high for ever.
9But you, O Lord, are most high for ever.
10For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10For, behold, your enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
11But my horn shall be exalted as [the horn] of a unicorn; and mine old age with rich mercy.
11But my horn shall be exalted [as the horn] of a unicorn; and my old age with rich mercy.
12And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.
12And my eye has seen my enemies, and my ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.
13The righteous shall flourish as a palm -tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus.
13The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus.
14They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.