[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] God, it is good to play music for you on ten-stringed instruments, harps, and lyres.
[4] Lord, you make us truly happy with the things you did. We gladly sing about those things.
[5] Lord, you did such great things. Your thoughts are too hard for us to understand.
[6] Compared to you, people are like stupid animals. We are like fools who can’t understand anything.
[7] Wicked people live and die like weeds. And the worthless things they do will be destroyed forever.
[8] But Lord, you will be honored forever.
[9] Lord, all your enemies will be destroyed. All those people who do bad things will be destroyed.
[10] But you will make me strong. I will be like a ram with strong horns. ˻You chose me for my special work;˼ you poured your refreshing oil over me.
[11] I see my enemies around me. They are like huge bulls ready to attack me. I hear what they are saying about me.
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[13] Good people are like cedar trees of Lebanon planted in the Lord’s temple. Good people are like budding palm trees blossoming in the courtyard of the temple 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 nothing wrong.