Psalm 92



How Great Are Your Works

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

92:1  It is good to give thanks to the Lord ,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,
to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.
For you, O Lord , have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

How great are your works, O Lord !
Your thoughts are very deep!
The stupid man cannot know;
the fool cannot understand this:
that though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
but you, O Lord , are on high forever.
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 [1] 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.

Footnotes

[1] 92:10 Compare Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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