1 I t is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;

A Psalm. -- A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,

2 T o show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,

To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.

3 W ith an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.

On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.

4 F or thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing.

5 H ow great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

7 W hen the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

8 B ut thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

And Thou high to the age, O Jehovah.

9 F or, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

For, lo, Thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, Thine enemies, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity.

10 B ut my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

11 M ine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.

12 T he righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

13 T hey are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.

14 T hey shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

15 T o show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

To declare that upright Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!