SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY THURSDAY 28 SEPT. 2017

Psalms 92:1-15

KJV: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

NIV: It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,

NLT: A psalm to be sung on the Lord’s Day. A song. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.

Psalms 92:2

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

NIV: proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,

NLT: It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening,

Psalms 92:3

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

NIV: to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.

NLT: accompanied by the harp and lute and the harmony of the lyre.

Psalms 92:4

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

NIV: For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.

NLT: You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.

Psalms 92:5

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

NIV: How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts!

NLT: O Lord, what great miracles you do! And how deep are your thoughts.

Psalms 92:6

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

NIV: Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,

NLT: Only an ignorant person would not know this! Only a fool would not understand it.

Psalms 92:7

KJV: 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:

NIV: that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

NLT: Although the wicked flourish like weeds, and evildoers blossom with success, there is only eternal destruction ahead of them.

Psalms 92:8

KJV: But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

NIV: But you, LORD, are forever exalted.

NLT: But you are exalted in the heavens. You, O Lord, continue forever.

Psalms 92:9

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

NIV: For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

NLT: Your enemies, Lord, will surely perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

Psalms 92:10

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

NIV: You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me.

NLT: But you have made me as strong as a wild bull. How refreshed I am by your power!

Psalms 92:11

KJV: 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.

NIV: My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

NLT: With my own eyes I have seen the downfall of my enemies; with my own ears I have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.

Psalms 92:12

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

NIV: The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

NLT: But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalms 92:13

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

NIV: planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

NLT: For they are transplanted into the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.

Psalms 92:14

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

NIV: They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

NLT: Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.

Psalms 92:15

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

NIV: proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

NLT: They will declare, “The Lord is just! He is my rock! There is nothing but goodness in him!”

Stay blessed