A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day.

1It is good to give thanks to the LORD
         And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

2To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
         And Your faithfulness by night,

3With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,
         With resounding music upon the lyre.

4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done,
         I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

5How great are Your works, O LORD!
         Your thoughts are very deep.

6A senseless man has no knowledge,
         Nor does a stupid man understand this:

7That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
         And all who did iniquity flourished,
         It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

8But You, O LORD, are on high forever.

9For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD,
         For, behold, Your enemies will perish;
         All who do iniquity will be scattered.

10But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
         I have been anointed with fresh oil.

11And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes,
         My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

12The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,
         He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13Planted in the house of the LORD,
         They will flourish in the courts of our God.

14They will still yield fruit in old age;
         They shall be full of sap and very green,

15To declare that the LORD is upright;
         He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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