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A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High.
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It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning and your faithfulness during the night,
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to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
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For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
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How great are your works, O Lord! Your plans are very intricate!
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The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
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When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.
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But you, O Lord, reign forever.
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Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord. Indeed, look at how your enemies perish. All the evildoers are scattered.
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You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil.
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I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.
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The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.
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They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.
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So they proclaim that the Lord, my Protector, is just and never unfair.