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. A song; for the sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, O Most High,

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

to declare your love in the morning, and your faithfulness in the night,

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

with voice and a ten-stringed harp, with music that throbs on the lyre.

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

For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord, at the work of your hands I will ring out my joy.

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

How great are your works, O Lord; how deep are your thoughts!

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

The insensitive cannot know, nor can a fool understand,

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.

that, though the wicked flourish like grass, and evildoers all blossom, they will perish forever.

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

But you are exalted forever.

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

For see! Your enemies, Lord For see! Your enemies perish, all evildoers are scattered.

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

But you lift me to honor, and anoint me afresh with 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.

My eyes will feast on my foes, and my ears will hear of the doom of the wicked.

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 will sprout like the palm, will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.

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

In the house of the Lord are they planted, in the courts of our God they will sprout.

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

They will still bear fruit in old age, all sappy and fresh will they be

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

So they proclaim the Lord to be just, my rock, in whom is no wrong.