New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to the Most High.
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What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks, to sing an anthem to you, the High God!
2 It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening,
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To announce your love each daybreak, sing your faithful presence all through the night,
3 accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre.
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Accompanied by dulcimer and harp, the full-bodied music of strings.
4 You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.
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You made me so happy, God. I saw your work and I shouted for joy.
5 O LORD, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.
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How magnificent your work, God! How profound your thoughts!
6 Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this:
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Dullards never notice what you do; fools never do get it.
7 Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
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When the wicked popped up like weeds and all the evil men and women took over, You mowed them down, finished them off once and for all.
8 But you, O LORD, will be exalted forever.
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You, God, are High and Eternal.
9 Your enemies, LORD, will surely perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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Look at your enemies, God! Look at your enemies - ruined! Scattered to the winds, all those hirelings of evil!
10 But you have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil.
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But you've made me strong as a charging bison, you've honored me with a festive parade.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.
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The sight of my critics going down is still fresh, the rout of my malicious detractors. My ears are filled with the sounds of promise:
12 But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.
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"Good people will prosper like palm trees, Grow tall like Lebanon cedars;
13 For they are transplanted to the LORD ’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
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transplanted to God's courtyard, They'll grow tall in the presence of God,
14 Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
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lithe and green, virile still in old age."
15 They will declare, “The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!”
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Such witnesses to upright God! My Mountain, my huge, holy Mountain!
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