Chapter: Psalm 92

Psalms of Thanksgiving

These psalms/songs praise God in response to an event of deliverance already experienced. They are songs sung by people who, after a time of waiting, have experienced the goodness of God in the everyday world. These songs come from ordinary individuals, the king (royal), or the believing community.

Examples: Psalms 30, 32, 34, 65, 67, 92, 107, 116, 124, 138 and others

92

Bonum est confiteri

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

and to sing praises unto 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 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute, *

with the sound of melody upon the harp.

⁴ For you, Lord, have made me glad by your deeds, *

and I will shout for joy because of your handiwork.

⁵ O Lord, how glorious are your works; *

your thoughts are very deep.

⁶ The dull of heart does not consider this, *

and a fool does not understand it:

⁷ Though the ungodly are as green as the grass, and though all the workers of wickedness flourish, *

they shall be destroyed for ever; but you, Lord, are the Most High for evermore.

⁸ For lo, your enemies, O Lord, lo, your enemies shall perish, *

and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.

⁹ But my horn shall be exalted like the horns of wild bulls; *

for I am anointed with fresh oil.

¹⁰ My eye also shall see its desire upon my enemies, *

and my ear shall hear with joy the end of the wicked who rise up against me.

¹¹ The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, *

and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon.

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

shall flourish in the courts of our God.

¹³ They also shall bring forth fruit in their old age, *

and shall be green and full of sap,

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

my rock, in whom there is no unrighteousness.