But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD.
NIV
Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
AMP
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
KJV
May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field.
NIV
There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
AMP
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
KJV
The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
NIV
The Lord of hosts has purposed it [in accordance with a fixed principle of His government], to defile the pride of all glory and to bring into dishonor and contempt all the honored of the earth.
AMP
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
KJV
"The 'gods' know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken."
NIV
[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking.
AMP
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
KJV
"Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, LORD, are the only God."
NIV
Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know (understand and realize) that You are the Lord, even You only.
AMP
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
KJV
When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
NIV
When the earth totters, and all the inhabitants of it, it is I Who will poise and keep steady its pillars. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
AMP
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
KJV
"Then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth."
NIV
Then will I make this house [the temple] like Shiloh [the home of the Tent of Meeting, abandoned and later destroyed after the ark was captured by the Philistines], and I will make this city subject to the curses of all nations of the earth [so vile in their sight will it be]. [I Sam. 4; Jer. 7:12.]AMP
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
KJV
