[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. [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 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. He is my Rock, and he does no wrong.
