Psalms 92

1 A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

“A psalm or song for the sabbath day.” It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:

2 To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night:

To tell in the morning of thy kindness, and of thy faithfulness in the nights.

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

Upon a ten-stringed instrument, and upon the psaltery; and with the sweet sound of the harp.

4 For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

For thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Lord, through thy doing: because of the works of thy hands will I triumph.

5 O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.

How great are thy works, O Lord! exceedingly profound are thy thoughts.

6 The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this.

7 When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore.

8 But thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore.

But thou art exalted to eternity, O Lord!

9 For behold thy enemies, O Lord, for behold thy enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

For, lo, thy enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thy enemies shall perish: all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered.

10 But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

But thou exaltest my horn like that of a reem: I am anointed with fresh oil.

11 My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

And my eye looketh on [the punishment of] those that regard me with envy: of the evildoers that rise up against me my ears shall bear it.

12 The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.

The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high.

13 They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

Planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God shall they spring up.

14 They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be well treated,

They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage;

15 That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him.

To declare that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no faultiness in him.