Psalms 92

Prev Next

[1]The Prophet exhorteth to praise God, [4]for his great works, [6]for his judgments on the wicked, [10]and for his goodness to the godly.

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.

1. IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

2. To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

3. Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

4. For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

5. O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

6. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

7. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

8. But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

9. For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10. But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

11. Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

15. To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Metrical version

Psalm 92

C.M. Howard (Dublin), Effingham

To render thanks unto the LORD
it is a comely thing,
And to thy name, O thou Most High,
due praise aloud to sing.

Thy loving-kindness to show forth
when shines the morning light;
And to declare thy faithfulness
with pleasure ev'ry night,

On a ten-stringed instrument,
upon the psaltery,
And on the harp with solemn sound,
and grave sweet melody.

For thou, LORD, by thy mighty works
hast made my heart right glad;
And I will triumph in the works
which by thine hands were made.

How great, LORD, are thy works! each thought
of thine a deep it is:
A brutish man it knoweth not;
fools understand not this.

When those that lewd and wicked are
spring quickly up like grass,
And workers of iniquity
do flourish all apace;

It is that they for ever may
destroyed be and slain:
But thou, O LORD, art the Most High,
for ever to remain.

For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD,
thine en'mies perish shall;
The workers of iniquity
shall be dispersed all.

But thou shalt, like unto the horn
of th' unicorn, exalt
My horn on high: thou with fresh oil
anoint me also shalt.

Mine eyes shall also my desire
see on mine enemies;
Mine ears shall of the wicked hear
that do against me rise.

But like the palm-tree flourishing
shall be the righteous one;
He shall like to the cedar grow
that is in Lebanon.

Those that within the house of GOD
are planted by his grace,
They shall grow up, and flourish all
in our God's holy place.

And in old age, when others fade,
they fruit still forth shall bring;
They shall be fat, and full of sap,
and aye be flourishing;

To show that upright is the LORD:
he is a rock to me;
And he from all unrighteousness
is altogether free.