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1It is fitting to thank the Lord ,[#tn Or “good.”]
and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!
2It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,[#tn The words “it is fitting” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Verses 1-3 are actually one long sentence in the Hebrew text, but this has been divided up into two shorter sentences in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.]
and your faithfulness during the night,
3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,
to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
4For you, O Lord , have made me happy by your work.
I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
5How great are your works, O Lord !
Your plans are very intricate!
6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this;
the fool does not understand this.
7When the wicked sprout up like grass,
and all the evildoers glisten,
it is so that they may be annihilated.
8But you, O Lord , reign forever![#tn Heb “[are elevated] on high.”]
9Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord ![#tn Or “for.”]
Indeed, look at how your enemies perish!
All the evildoers are scattered!
10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox.[#sn The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “to exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:24; Lam 2:17).]
I am covered with fresh oil.
11I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me;[#tn Heb “my eye gazes upon those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 56:2. The form שׁוּרָי (shuray) should be emended to שׁוֹרְרָי (shorÿray).]
I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.
12The godly grow like a palm tree;[#tn The singular is used in a representative sense, with the typical godly person being in view.]
they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
13Planted in the Lord ’s house,
they grow in the courts of our God.
14They bear fruit even when they are old;
they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.
15So they proclaim that the Lord , my protector,
is just and never unfair.