Psalms 92

1 Yahweh, it is good for people to thank you and to sing to praise you [MTY] who are greater than any other god.

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. How good it is to thank the Lord, to sing praises to you, Most High,

2 It is good to proclaim every morning that you faithfully love us, and each night [to sing songs that] declare that you always do what you have promised to do,

to tell of your trustworthy love in the morning, and your faithfulness in the night,

3 accompanied by [musicians playing] harps that have ten strings, and by the sounds made by a lyre.

to the music of a ten-stringed harp and the melody of a lyre.

4 Yahweh, you have caused me to be glad; I sing joyfully because of what you [SYN] have done.

You've made me so happy, Lord, because of all you've done for me! I sing for joy at what you've done!

5 Yahweh, the things that you do are great! But it is difficult for us to understand [all] that you think.

Lord, what you do is amazing; your thoughts are very profound!

6 There are things [that you do] that foolish people cannot know about, things that stupid people cannot understand.

Only senseless people and fools don't know and understand this:

7 They do not understand that although the number of wicked [people] increases [like blades of] grass do [SIM], and they prosper, they will be completely destroyed.

even though the wicked grow up quickly like grass, and even though people who do evil flourish, they will be destroyed forever!

8 But Yahweh, you [will] exalted/be honored/rule) forever.

But you, Lord, rule on high forever.

9 Yahweh, your enemies will [certainly] die, and those who do wicked things will be defeated/scattered.

Your enemies, Lord, your enemies will die; everyone who does evil will be destroyed!

10 But you have caused me to be as strong [MTY] as [SIM] a wild ox; you have caused me to be very joyful [MTY].

But you have made me as powerful as a wild bull; you have anointed me with the best olive oil.

11 I [SYN] have seen you defeat my enemies; d I have heard those evil men wail/scream while they were being slaughtered.

My eyes look with pleasure to see my enemies defeated; my ears have heard the downfall of those who tried to attack me.

12 But righteous [people] will prosper like [SIM] palm trees that grow well, or like [SIM] cedar [trees] that grow in Lebanon.

Those who live right flourish like a palm tree; they grow tall like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

13 [They are like the trees] that grow near the temple of Yahweh [in Jerusalem], those trees that are close to the courtyard of the temple of our God.

They are planted in the house of the Lord; they thrive in the courts of our God.

14 [Even] when righteous people become old, they do many things [IDM] [that please God]. They remain strong and full of energy, [like trees that] [MET] remain full of sap.

Even when they are old they will still produce fruit, staying fresh and green.

15 That shows that Yahweh is just; he is [like a huge] rock [under which I am safe/protected], and he never does anything that is wicked/wrong.

They will declare, “The Lord does what is right! He is my rock! There is no wrong in him!”