^{1 Ref} <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

^{2 Ref} To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;

^{3 Ref} On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.

^{4 Ref} For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

^{5 Ref} O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

^{6 Ref} A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

^{7 Ref} When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

^{8 Ref} But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.

^{9 Ref} For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;

^{10 Ref} But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head.

^{11 Ref} My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.

^{12 Ref} The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.

^{13 Ref} Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.

^{14 Ref} They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;

^{15 Ref} For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.