Praise for the Lord’s Goodness.
1 It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,
3 With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp, With a solemn sound on the lyre.
4 For 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].
6 A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing, Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:
7 That though the wicked sprout up like grass And all evildoers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.
8 But You, Lord, are on high forever.
9 For 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].
11 My eye has looked on my foes; My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
12 The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].
13 Planted 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]