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Praise for the LORD'S Goodness.

¹ It is a ^(C1)good and delightful thing to give thanks to the LORD,
To ^(C2)sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

² To ^(C1)declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
And Your ^(C2)faithfulness by night,

³ With an instrument of ^(C1)ten strings and with the ^(C1)harp,
With a solemn sound on the ^(C1)lyre.

⁴ For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your ^(C1)works;
At the ^(C2)works of Your hands I joyfully ^(C3)sing.

⁵ How ^(C1)great are Your works, O LORD!
Your ^(C2)thoughts are very ^(C3)deep beyond man's understanding.

⁶ A ^(C1)senseless man in his crude and uncultivated state knows nothing,
Nor does a self-righteous ^(C1)fool understand this:

⁷ That though the wicked ^(C1)sprout up like grass
And all ^(C2)evildoers flourish,
They will be ^(C3)destroyed forever.

⁸ But You, LORD, are ^(C1)on high forever.

⁹ For behold, Your enemies, O LORD,
For behold, ^(C1)Your enemies will perish;
All who do evil will be ^(C2)scattered.

¹⁰ But my ^(C1)horn my emblem of strength and power You have exalted like that of a wild ox;
I am ^(C2)anointed with fresh oil for Your service.

¹¹ My eye ^(C1)has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

¹² The ^(C1)righteous will flourish like the date palm long-lived, upright and useful;
They will grow like a ^(C2)cedar in Lebanon majestic and stable.

^13 (C1)Planted in the house of the LORD,
They will flourish ^(C2)in the courts of our God.

¹⁴ Growing in grace they will still ^(C1)thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;
They will flourish and be ^(F1)vital and fresh rich in trust and love and contentment;

¹⁵ They are living memorials to declare that ^(C1)the LORD is upright and faithful to His promises;
He is my ^(C2)rock, and there is ^(C3)no unrighteousness in Him. ^(VR1)