Psalm 92 (91)
The just will rise like a palm tree. Enthusiasm of the one whose life is built on faithfulness. He has seen the fall of many fortunes and much glory.
2 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, O Most High,
3 to proclaim your grace in the morning,
to declare your faithfulness at night,
4 accompanied by music from the lyre
and the melody of lute and harp.
5 For you make me glad with your deeds, O Lord,
and I sing for joy at the work of your hands.
6 How great are your works,
O Lord, how deep your thoughts!
7 The senseless will not know,
nor will the stupid understand them.
8 For though the wicked prosper
and evildoers flourish like grass,
they are doomed to vanish for good.
9 But you, O Lord, are exalted forever.
10 Time will come when your enemies will perish,
evildoers will be scattered.
11 You have made me stronger than the wild ox;
you have poured fresh oil on me.
12 I look down on my enemies;
I take for granted their doom.
13 The virtuous will flourish like palm trees,
they will thrive like the cedars of Lebanon.
14 Planted in the house of the Lord,
they will prosper in the courts of our God.
15 In old age they will still bear fruit
they will stay fresh and green,
16 to proclaim that the Lord is upright,
“He is my Rock,” they say, “he never fails.”