A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

¹ It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
   to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
² to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
   and your faithfulness by night,
³ to the music of the lute and the harp,
   to the melody of the lyre.
⁴ For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;
   at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

⁵ How great are your works, O LORD!
   Your thoughts are very deep!
⁶ The stupid man cannot know;
   the fool cannot understand this:
⁷ that though the wicked sprout like grass
   and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
   ⁸ but you, O LORD, are on high forever.
⁹ For behold, your enemies, O LORD,
   for behold, your enemies shall perish;
   all evildoers shall be scattered.

¹⁰ But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
   you have poured over me fresh oil.
¹¹ My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
   my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

¹² The righteous flourish like the palm tree
   and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³ They are planted in the house of the LORD;
   they flourish in the courts of our God.
¹⁴ They still bear fruit in old age;
   they are ever full of sap and green,
¹⁵ to declare that the LORD is upright;
   he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.