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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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A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to thy name, O Most High;
2 proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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to declare thy steadfast love in the morning, and thy 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 thou, O LORD, hast made me glad by thy work; at the works of thy hands I sing for joy.
5 How great are your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts!
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How great are thy works, O LORD! Thy thoughts are very deep!
6 Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,
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The dull man 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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that, though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction for ever,
8 But you, LORD, are forever exalted.
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but thou, O LORD, art on high for ever.
9 For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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For, lo, thy enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thy 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 thou hast exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; thou hast 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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They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,
15 proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”
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to show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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