It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord,
To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];
They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

[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];

Planted in the house of the Lord,
They will flourish in the courts of our God.

How great are Your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are very deep [beyond man’s understanding].

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].

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works;
At the works of Your hands I joyfully sing.

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
And Your faithfulness by night,

That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.

[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.

A senseless man [in his crude and uncultivated state] knows nothing,
Nor does a [self-righteous] fool understand this:

With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp,
With a solemn sound on the lyre.

For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,
For behold, Your enemies will perish;
All who do evil will be scattered.

My eye has looked on my foes;
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

But You, Lord, are on high forever.