Praise for the Lords Goodness.

A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day.

92 It is (A)good to give thanks to the Lord
And to (B)sing praises to Your name, Most High;
To (C)declare Your goodness in the morning
And Your (D)faithfulness by [a]night,
[b]With the (E)ten-stringed lute and [c]with the (F)harp,
[d]With resounding music on the (G)lyre.
For You, Lord, have made me joyful by [e]what You (H)have done,
I will (I)sing for joy over the (J)works of Your hands.

How (K)great are Your works, Lord!
Your [f](L)thoughts are very (M)deep.
A (N)stupid person has no knowledge,
Nor does a (O)foolish person understand this:
When the wicked (P)sprouted up like grass
And all (Q)who did injustice flourished,
It was only that they might be (R)destroyed forevermore.
But You, Lord, are (S)on high forever.
For, behold, Your enemies, Lord,
For, behold, (T)Your enemies will perish;
All who do injustice will be (U)scattered.

10 But You have exalted my (V)horn like that of the wild ox;
I have [g]been (W)anointed with fresh oil.
11 And my eye has (X)looked at my enemies,
My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
12 The (Y)righteous person will [h]flourish like the palm tree,
He will grow like a (Z)cedar in Lebanon.
13 (AA)Planted in the house of the Lord,
They will flourish (AB)in the courtyards of our God.
14 They will still [i](AC)yield fruit in advanced age;
They will be [j]full of sap and very green,
15 To [k]declare that (AD)the Lord is just;
He is my (AE)rock, and there is (AF)no malice in Him.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 92:2 Lit nights
  2. Psalm 92:3 Lit Upon
  3. Psalm 92:3 Lit Upon
  4. Psalm 92:3 Lit Upon
  5. Psalm 92:4 Lit Your working
  6. Psalm 92:5 Or purposes
  7. Psalm 92:10 Or become moist
  8. Psalm 92:12 Lit sprout
  9. Psalm 92:14 Or thrive in
  10. Psalm 92:14 Lit fat and
  11. Psalm 92:15 Or show forth

Psalm 92

A psalm; a song; for the day of worship.

It is good to give thanks to Yahweh,
    to make music to praise your name, O Elyon.
It is good to announce your mercy in the morning
    and your faithfulness in the evening
        on a ten-stringed instrument and a harp
            and with a melody on a lyre.

You made me find joy in what you have done, O Yahweh.
    I will sing joyfully about the works of your hands.
How spectacular are your works, O Yahweh!
    How very deep are your thoughts!

A stupid person cannot know
    and a fool cannot understand
        that wicked people sprout like grass
            and all troublemakers blossom like flowers,
                only to be destroyed forever.

But you, O Yahweh, are highly honored forever.
Now look at your enemies, O Yahweh.
    Now look at your enemies.
        They disappear, and all troublemakers are scattered.

10 But you make me as strong as a wild bull,
    and soothing lotion is poured on me.
11 My eyes gloat over those who spy on me.
    My ears hear the cries of evildoers attacking me.

12 Righteous people flourish like palm trees
    and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
13 They are planted in Yahweh’s house.
    They blossom in Elohim’s courtyards.
14 Even when they are old, they still bear fruit.
    They are always healthy and fresh.
15 They make it known that Yahweh is decent.
    He is my rock.
        He is never unfair.

92 (Mizmor. Shir. For Shabbos) It is tov to give thanks unto Hashem, and to make music unto Thy Shem, O Elyon;

(3) To proclaim Thy chesed in the boker, and Thy emunah baleilot,

(4) Upon a ten-stringed instrument, and upon the nevel (lyre); to the melody of the kinnor (harp).

(5) For Thou, Hashem, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will joy in the works of Thy hands.

(6) Hashem, how great are Thy works! And Thy machshe’vot (thoughts) are very deep.

(7) An ish ba’ar (brutish, senseless man, dolt) knoweth not; neither doth a kesil (fool) understand this.

(8) When the resha’im spring up like the esev (grass), and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed adei-ad (forever).

(9) But Thou, Hashem, art exalted l’olam.

(10) For, hinei, Thine enemies, Hashem, for, hinei, Thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10 (11) But my keren shalt Thou exalt like the keren of a re’eim (wild ox); I shall be anointed with fresh shemen.

11 (12) Mine eye also shall look on mine foes, and mine ears shall hear of the resha’im that rise up against me.

12 (13) The tzaddik shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Levanon.

13 (14) Those that are planted in the Beis Hashem shall flourish in the khatzerot Eloheinu (courts of our G-d).

14 (15) They shall still bear forth fruit in old age; they shall be deshenim (stalwart, vigorous) and ra’ananim (luxuriant, fresh);

15 (16) To proclaim that Hashem is yashar; He is my Tzur, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.