How great are your works!
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It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
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to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
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with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
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For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
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How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
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A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
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that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
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But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
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For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
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My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.(a)
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The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
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In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
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to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
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