1 It is wonderful to be grateful

and to sing your praises,

Lord Most High!

2 It is wonderful each morning

to tell about your love

and at night to announce

how faithful you are.

3 I enjoy praising your name

to the music of harps,

4 because everything you do

makes me happy,

and I sing joyful songs.

5 You do great things, Lord.

Your thoughts are too deep

6 * for an ignorant fool

to know or understand.

7 Though the wicked sprout

and spread like grass,

they will be pulled up

by their roots.

8 But you will rule

over all of us forever,

9 and your hateful enemies

will be scattered

and then destroyed.

10 You have given me

the strength of a wild ox,

and you have chosen me

to be your very own.

11 My eyes have seen,

and my ears have heard

the doom and destruction

of my evil enemies.

12 Good people will prosper

like palm trees,

and they will grow strong

like the cedars of Lebanon.

13 They will take root

in your house, Lord God,

and they will do well.

14 They will be like trees

that stay healthy and fruitful,

even when they are old.

15 And they will say about you,

"The Lord always does right!

God is our mighty rock."*