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A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

It is good to praise Yahweh, to sing praise to Your name, Most High,^(a)

to declare Your faithful love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night,^(b)

with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre.^(c)

For You have made me rejoice, Lord , by what You have done; I will shout for joy because of the works of Your hands.^(d)

How magnificent are Your works, Lord , how profound Your thoughts!^(e)

A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this:^(f)

though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed.^(g)

But You, Lord , are exalted forever.^(h)

For indeed, Lord , Your enemies— indeed, Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.⁽ⁱ⁾

You have lifted up my horn^(j) like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed^[a] with oil.^(k)

My eyes look down on my enemies; my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.^(l)

The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.^(m)

Planted in the house of the Lord , they thrive in the courts of our God.⁽ⁿ⁾

They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green,^(o)

to declare: "The Lord is just; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him."^(p)

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty; The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.^(a)

Your throne has been established from the beginning;^[a] You are from eternity.^(b)

The floods have lifted up, Lord , the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves.^(c)

Greater than the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the Lord on high is majestic.^(d)

Lord , Your testimonies are completely reliable;^(e) holiness is the beauty of^[b] Your house for all the days to come.^(f)