Token and Sign

Psalm 86, verse 17, King James version:

Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.


Psalm 86, verse 17, New American Bible version:

Give me a sign of your favor: make my enemies see, to their confusion, that you, LORD, help and comfort me.


Means the same thing, essentially, though how much more poetic, noble, and majestic is the former against the latter!

A verse I've been thinking about a lot, lately ...