1 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; 2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; 3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound. 4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands. 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in. 7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction. 8 But you, O Lord, are on high for ever. 9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight; 10 But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head. 11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me. 12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. 14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; 15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 147:1; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 107:21–22; Ephesians 5:19; Psalm 135:3
- 2 Lamentations 3:22–23; Psalm 89:1–2; John 1:17; Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 42:8
- 3 Psalm 33:2; Psalm 68:25; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Nehemiah 12:27; 2 Chronicles 23:5
- 4 2 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 126:3; Psalm 8:6; Isaiah 65:13–14; Luke 1:47
- 5 Romans 11:33–34; Isaiah 55:8–9; Psalm 40:5; Psalm 139:17; Psalm 145:3–4
- 6 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 73:22; Psalm 94:8; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 49:10
- 7 Psalm 37:38; Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 37:35–36; 1 Peter 1:24; Psalm 37:1–2
- 8 Psalm 83:18; Exodus 18:11; Daniel 4:34–35; Psalm 102:26–27; Acts 12:22–24
- 9 Psalm 37:20; Psalm 89:10; Matthew 7:23; Psalm 21:8–9; Psalm 68:1–2
- 10 Psalm 23:5; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 45:7; 2 Corinthians 1:21; Psalm 75:10
- 11 Psalm 54:7; Psalm 91:8; Psalm 59:10; Psalm 112:8; Psalm 37:34
- 12 Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 104:16; Psalm 52:8; Hosea 14:5–6
- 13 2 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 61:3; Ephesians 3:17; Isaiah 60:21; Romans 6:5
- 14 Isaiah 46:4; Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 71:18; John 15:2–5; Philippians 1:11
- 15 Psalm 18:2; Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 62:6; Job 34:10
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This Psalm is that from which the Devil dared to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ: let us therefore attend to it, that thus armed, we may be enabled to resist the tempter, not presuming in ourselves, but in Him who before us was tempted, that we might not be overcome when tempted.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… endowed with senses, compacted with limbs, beautified with form, and, for its general good and safety, hast introduced all vital energies--Thou commandest me to praise Thee for these things, "to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praise unto Thy name, O Most High;" for Thou art a God omnipotent and good, though Thou hadst done nought but these …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He is called good, as the Father is good, and He who was begotten of the Good is good, and to the Spirit His goodness is essence. He is called upright, as "the Lord is upright," in that He is Himself truth, and is Himself Righteousness, having no divergence nor leaning to one side or to the other, on account …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
Let us all hasten to attain to it, full of fruit and of good works; and thus, planted in the house of the Lord we shall flourish in the court of our God, in our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and power for ever and ever.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)