2nd Day Evening - Psalm 92

Psalm 92   Bonum est confiteri

 

1            It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, *

        and to sing praises to your Name, O Most High;

 

2            To tell of your loving‑kindness early in the morning *

        and of your faithfulness in the night season;

3            On the psaltery, and on the lyre, *

        and to the melody of the harp.

 

4            For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord; *

        and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands.

 

5            Lord, how great are your works! *

        your thoughts are very deep.

 

6            The dullard does not know,

nor does the fool understand, *

        that though the wicked grow like weeds,

        and all the workers of iniquity flourish,

 

7            They flourish only to be destroyed for ever; *

        but you, O Lord, are exalted for evermore.

 

8            For lo, your enemies, O Lord,

lo, your enemies shall perish, *

        and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

 

9            But my horn you have exalted like the horns of wild bulls; *

        I am anointed with fresh oil.

 

10            My eyes also gloat over my enemies, *

        and my ears rejoice to hear the doom of the wicked who

rise up against me.

 

11            The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, *

        and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon.

 

12            Those who are planted in the house of the Lord *

        shall flourish in the courts of our God;

 

13            They shall still bear fruit in old age; *

        they shall be green and succulent;

 

14            That they may show how upright the Lord is, *

        my Rock, in whom there is no fault.