• Praise for the Lord’s Goodness.

  • 1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord And to sing praises to Your name, Most High;
  • 2 To declare Your goodness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,
  • 3 With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music on the lyre.
  • 4 For You, Lord, have made me joyful by what You have done, I will sing for joy over the works of Your hands.
  • 5 How great are Your works, Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.
  • 6 A stupid person has no knowledge, Nor does a foolish person understand this:
  • 7 When the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did injustice flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.
  • 8 But You, Lord, are on high forever.
  • 9 For, behold, Your enemies, Lord, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do injustice will be scattered.
  • 10 But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.
  • 11 And my eye has looked at my enemies, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
  • 12 The righteous person will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
  • 13 Planted in the house of the Lord, They will flourish in the courtyards of our God.
  • 14 They will still yield fruit in advanced age; They will be full of sap and very green,
  • 15 To declare that the Lord is just; He is my rock, and there is no malice in Him.