1. It is good to give thanks to the Lord,to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
2. to declare your steadfast love in the morning,and your faithfulness by night,
3. to the music of the lute and the harp,to the melody of the lyre.
4. For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
5. How great are your works, O Lord!Your thoughts are very deep!
6. The stupid man cannot know;the fool cannot understand this:
7. that though the wicked sprout like grassand all evildoers flourish,they are doomed to destruction forever;
8. but you, O Lord, are on high forever.
9. For behold, your enemies, O Lord,for behold, your enemies shall perish;all evildoers shall be scattered.
10. But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;you have poured over me fresh oil.
11. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
12. The righteous flourish like the palm treeand grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13. They are planted in the house of the Lord;they flourish in the courts of our God.
14. They still bear fruit in old age;they are ever full of sap and green,
15. to declare that the Lord is upright;he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.