How Great Are Your Works
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.
aIt is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, bO Most High;
2 to declare your asteadfast love in bthe morning,
and your afaithfulness by bnight,
3 to the music of athe lute and athe harp,
to the melody of athe lyre.
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your awork;
at bthe works of your hands I sing for joy.
5 How agreat are your works, O Lord!
Your bthoughts are very cdeep!
6 The stupid man cannot know;
the fool cannot understand this:
7 that though athe wicked sprout like grass
and all bevildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
8 but you, O Lord, are aon high forever.
9 For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
for behold, your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be ascattered.
10 But you have exalted my ahorn like that of bthe wild ox;
you have cpoured over me fresh oil.
11 My aeyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
12 aThe 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 athe courts of our God.
14 They still bear fruit in old age;
they are ever full of sap and green,
15 ato declare that the Lord is upright;
he is my brock, and there is cno unrighteousness in him.