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1A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, | 1It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praise to your name, Most High; |
2proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, | 2to proclaim your gracious love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, |
3to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. | 3accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, and the contemplative sound of a harp. |
4For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. | 4Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands. |
5How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! | 5How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are unfathomable. |
6Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, | 6A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this: |
7that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. | 7Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed. |
8But you, LORD, are forever exalted. | 8But you are exalted forever, LORD. |
9For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. | 9Look at your enemies, LORD! Look at your enemies, for they are destroyed; everyone who practices iniquity will be scattered. |
10You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me. | 10You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil. |
11My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. | 11My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear. |
12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; | 12The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
13planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. | 13Planted in the LORD's Temple, they will flourish in the courtyard of our God. |
14They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, | 14They will still bear fruit even in old age; they will be luxuriant and green. |
15proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." | 15They will proclaim: "The LORD is upright; my rock, in whom there is no injustice." |
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