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Praise for the LORD'S Goodness.

¹ It is ^(C1)good to give thanks to the LORD
And to ^(C2)sing praises to Your name, Most High;

² To ^(C1)declare Your goodness in the morning
And Your ^(C2)faithfulness by ^(F1)night,

^3 (F1)With the ^(C1)ten-stringed lute and ^(F1)with the ^(C1)harp,
^(F1)With resounding music on the ^(C1)lyre.

⁴ For You, LORD, have made me joyful by ^(F1)what You ^(C1)have done,
I will ^(C2)sing for joy over the ^(C3)works of Your hands.

⁵ How ^(C1)great are Your works, LORD!
Your ^(F1)(C2)thoughts are very ^(C3)deep.

⁶ A ^(C1)stupid person has no knowledge,
Nor does a ^(C1)foolish person understand this:

⁷ When the wicked ^(C1)sprouted up like grass
And all ^(C2)who did injustice flourished,
It was only that they might be ^(C3)destroyed forevermore.

⁸ But You, LORD, are ^(C1)on high forever.

⁹ For, behold, Your enemies, LORD,
For, behold, ^(C1)Your enemies will perish;
All who do injustice will be ^(C2)scattered.

¹⁰ But You have exalted my ^(C1)horn like that of the wild ox;
I have ^(F1)been ^(C2)anointed with fresh oil.

¹¹ And my eye has ^(C1)looked at my enemies,
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

¹² The ^(C1)righteous person will ^(F1)flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a ^(C2)cedar in Lebanon.

^13 (C1)Planted in the house of the LORD,
They will flourish ^(C2)in the courtyards of our God.

¹⁴ They will still ^(F1)(C1)yield fruit in advanced age;
They will be ^(F2)full of sap and very green,

¹⁵ To ^(F1)declare that ^(C1)the LORD is just;
He is my ^(C2)rock, and there is ^(C3)no malice in Him.