Praise for the Lord’s Goodness.

¹It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord ,

To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

²To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning

And Your faithfulness by night,

³With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp,

With a solemn sound on the lyre.

⁴For You, O Lord , have made me glad by Your works;

At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing.

⁵¶How great are Your works, O Lord !

Your thoughts are very deep [beyond man’s understanding].

⁶A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,

Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

⁷That though the wicked sprout up like grass

And all evildoers flourish,

They will be destroyed forever.

⁸But You, Lord , are on high forever.

⁹For behold, Your enemies, O Lord ,

For behold, Your enemies will perish;

All who do evil will be scattered.

¹⁰¶But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox;

I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service].

¹¹My eye has looked on my foes;

My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

¹²The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];

They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

¹³Planted in the house of the Lord ,

They will flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;

They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment];

¹⁵[They are living memorials] to declare that the Lord is upright and faithful [to His promises];

He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. [Rom 9:14]