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¹ It is good to praise the Lord.
    God Most High, it is good to praise your name.
² It is good to sing about your love in the morning
    and about your faithfulness at night.
³ It is good to play for you on the ten-stringed instrument and lyre
    and to add the soft sounds of the harp to my praise.
⁴ Lord, you make us very happy because of what you did.
    I gladly sing about it.
⁵ Lord, you did such great things.
    Your thoughts are too hard for us to understand.
⁶ Stupid people don't know this.
    Fools don't understand.
⁷ The wicked may sprout like grass,
    and those who do evil may blossom like flowers,
    but they will be destroyed, never to be seen again.
⁸ But, Lord, you will be honored forever.

⁹ Lord, all your enemies will be destroyed,
    and all who do evil will be scattered.
¹⁰ But you have made me as strong as a wild ox.
    You have given me your blessing.^[a]
11 My eyes will see the defeat of those waiting to attack me.
    My ears will hear the cries of my evil enemies.

¹² Good people are like budding palm trees.
    They grow strong like the cedar trees of Lebanon.
¹³ They are planted in the house^[b] of the Lord.
    They grow strong there in the courtyards of our God.
¹⁴ Even when they are old,
    they will continue producing fruit like young, healthy trees.
¹⁵ They are there to show everyone that the Lord is good.^[c]
    He is my Rock, and he does no wrong.^[d]