1 I t is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;

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

2 t o proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,

To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights,

3 w ith the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.

Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp.

4 F or you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

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

5 H ow great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.

Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep:

6 A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

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

7 t hough the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

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

8 B ut you, Yahweh, are on high forever more.

And thou, Jehovah, art on high for evermore.

9 F or, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, for, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.

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

10 B ut you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

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

11 M y eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.

And 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 flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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

13 T hey are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.

Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:

14 T hey will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green;

15 t o show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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