Last updated: August 2026
The translation we use
Scripture on Psalms for Kids is taken from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB). We chose it for two reasons: it reads clearly enough for a child to follow aloud, and it is freely shareable — released for use, copying, and publication without royalty or permission fees. Full terms are published at berean.bible.
Our promise about the text
We never change scripture. Verse text is reproduced word for word, and it is never paraphrased, shortened, softened, modernised, or rewritten for reading level — and it is never generated or edited by AI. All 150 Psalms appear in full. Where we add something, it is always clearly ours and clearly separate: a plain-language explanation of what a psalm means, a note about who wrote it, a prayer, or a question to talk about.
Verse numbers and references are reproduced exactly as they appear in the BSB, so that a child reading here and a child reading a printed Bible are on the same page.
Other languages
Our Spanish pages use the Reina-Valera 1909 (RV1909), which is in the public domain. Other translations, where used, are named on the page where they appear and are used within their own licence terms.
Quoting scripture from this Site
Because the BSB is freely shareable, you may quote the psalm text you find here without asking us. Please attribute it to the Berean Standard Bible rather than to Psalms for Kids — the translation is not ours. Our own explanations, art, and lesson material are covered separately by our Copyright & Permissions page.
Telling us about an error
If you spot a verse that looks wrong — a missing word, a wrong number, a broken reference — please tell us through the contact page. We check scripture against the source text automatically, but a careful human reader is better than any script, and we would rather hear about it than not.