1 I t is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;

2 T o declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights,

3 U pon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp.

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

5 J ehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep:

6 A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.

7 W hen the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

8 A nd thou, Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

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

10 B ut my horn shalt thou exalt like a buffalo's: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

11 A nd mine eye shall see on mine enemies; mine ears shall hear of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

12 T he righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.

13 T hose that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:

14 T hey are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green;

15 T o shew that Jehovah is upright: my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.