Psalms 92

1 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

“A psalm for the Sabbath-day.” It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to thy name, O Most High!

2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;

To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,

3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.

Upon the ten-stringed instrument and the lute, Upon the harp with a solemn sound.

4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad by thy doings; In the works of thy hands I greatly rejoice!

5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

How great are thy works, O LORD! How deep thy purposes!

6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

But the unwise man knoweth not this, And the fool understandeth it not.

7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

When the wicked spring up like grass, And all who practise iniquity flourish, It is but to be destroyed for ever!

8 But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.

Thou, O LORD! art for ever exalted!

9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;

For, lo! thine enemies, O LORD! For, lo! thine enemies perish, And dispersed are all who do iniquity!

10 But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head.

But my horn thou exaltest like the buffalo's; I am anointed with fresh oil.

11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.

Mine eye hath gazed with joy upon mine enemies; Mine ears have heard with joy of my wicked adversaries.

12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; They shall grow up like the cedars of Lebanon;

13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.

Planted in the house of the LORD, They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;

Even in old age they bring forth fruit; They are green, and full of sap;

15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.

To show that the LORD, my rock, is upright, That there is no unrighteousness in him.