Psalms 92:1-15

It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the LORD, To sing praises to Your name, O Most High, To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp, With a solemn sound on the lyre. For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your works; At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing. ¶How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep [beyond man’s understanding]. A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing, Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this: That though the wicked sprout up like grass And all evildoers flourish, They will be destroyed forever. But You, LORD, are on high forever. For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do evil will be scattered. ¶But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service]. My eye has looked on my foes; My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable]. Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. [Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age; They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment]; [They are living memorials] to declare that the LORD is upright and faithful [to His promises]; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. [Rom 9:14]