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Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS

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 de-
stroyed 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 a unicorn: I shall be anointed
with fresh oil.

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire of
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 court
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 not unright-
eousness in him.

PSALM XCIII

The majesty, power, and holiness of Christ's kingdom

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with
majesty; the Lord is clothed with
strength, wherewith he hath girded him-
self: the world also is stablished, that
it cannot be moved.

2 Thy throne is established of old: thou
art from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice; the
floods lift up their waves

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