Psalms Chapter 92

A Psalm

A Song for the Sabbath

¹ It’s good to thank you, LORD,

      to sing praises to you, Most High;

      ² to declare your enduring love in the morning

            and your faithfulness at night

            ³ with a lute and a ten-stringed harp,

            with melody on a lyre.

         ⁴Because you’ve made me happy by what you’ve done,

      I’ll sing for joy over what you do.                                   

Ps 92:1-4

⁵ Your deeds are so great, LORD,

      your thoughts so deep!

⁶ Senseless people don’t realize,

      ignorant mortals don’t understand

      ⁷ that when sinners sprout up like grass

            and the wicked flourish,

      it’s only that they’ll be destroyed forever.

⁸ But you’re on high forever.

⁹ Your enemies will perish;

      everybody that sins will scatter.                                      

Ps 92:5-9

¹⁰ You’ve made me as strong as a wild ox

      and anointed me with fresh oil.

¹¹ I’ve looked in triumph at my enemies

      and heard about the defeat of my attackers.

¹² Good people flourish like palm trees;

      they grow like cedars in Lebanon.

¹³ Planted in the LORD’s Temple,

      they flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴ They bear fruit even when they’re old;

         they’re still green and full of energy.

         ¹⁵They declare that the LORD is good,

      that he’s our rock; there’s nothing bad about him.          

Ps 92:10-15