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1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
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It is good to praise you, Lord, to sing praises to God Most High.
2 proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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It is good to tell of your love in the morning and of your loyalty at night.
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
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It is good to praise you with the ten-stringed lyre and with the soft-sounding harp.
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
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Lord, you have made me happy by what you have done; I will sing for joy about what your hands have done.
5 How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts!
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Lord, you have done such great things! How deep are your thoughts!
6 Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,
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Stupid people don't know these things, and fools don't understand.
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
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Wicked people grow like the grass. Evil people seem to do well, but they will be destroyed forever.
8 But you, LORD, are forever exalted.
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But, Lord, you will be honored forever.
9 For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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Lord, surely your enemies, surely your enemies will be destroyed, and all who do evil will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me.
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But you have made me as strong as an ox. You have poured fine oils on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
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When I looked, I saw my enemies; I heard the cries of those who are against me.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
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But good people will grow like palm trees; they will be tall like the cedars of Lebanon.
13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
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Like trees planted in the Temple of the Lord, they will grow strong in the courtyards of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
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When they are old, they will still produce fruit; they will be healthy and fresh.
15 proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”
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They will say that the Lord is good. He is my Rock, and there is no wrong in him.