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1 It is good to praise the LORDand make music to your name, O Most High,
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It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
2 proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
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to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.
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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, LORD, how profound your thoughts!
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How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep!
6 Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,
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The dullard cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
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though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever,
8 But you, LORD, are forever exalted.
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but you, O Lord, are on high forever.
9 For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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For your enemies, O Lord, for your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall 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 exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
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My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
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The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
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They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
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In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap,
15 proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”
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showing that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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