Psalms 92:1-13 ▼

1 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day. It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the LORD, To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,

3 With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp, With a solemn sound on the lyre.

4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your works; At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing.

5 How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep [beyond man’s understanding].

6 A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing, Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

7 That though the wicked sprout up like grass And all evildoers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.

8 But You, LORD, are on high forever.

9 For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do evil will be scattered.

10 But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service].

11 My eye has looked on my foes; My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

12 The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

13 Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God.