Psalm 92
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
Note: This is one of several versions in the 1887 edition that were retained
from the Scottish Psalter of 1650, which was the original Psalter of the
Presbyterian Church.
1 To render thanks unto the Lord
It is a comely thing,
And to thy name, O thou Most High,
Due praise aloud to sing.
2 Thy loving-kindness to show forth
When shines the morning light;
And to declare thy faithfulness
With pleasure ev'ry night.
3 Upon a ten-stringed instrument,
And on the psaltery,
Upon the harp with solemn sound,
And grave sweet melody.
4 For thou, Jehovah, by thy work,
Hast made my heart right glad;
And I will triumph in the works
Which by thy hands were made.
5 How great, O Lord, are all thy works !
And deep thy er'vy thought.
A brutish person doth not know,
Fools understand it not.
6 When they that wicked are, spring up
As grass upon the ground,
And they that work iniquity
Do flourish and abound;
7 It is that they forevermore
May be destroyed and slain;
But, O Jehovah, thou Most High,
Shalt evermore remain.
8 For lo, thy foes, yea, all thy foes,
Shall be destroyed, O God!
And all that work iniquity
Shall be dispersed abroad.
9 But like the horn of unicorns,
My horn thou wilt exalt,
And raise on high: thou with fresh oil
Anoint me also shalt.
10 My eye shall also my desire
See on my enemies;
My ears shall of the wicked hear,
That do against me rise.
11 But like the palm-tree flourishing
Shall be the righteous one;
And he shall like the cedar grow
That is in Lebanon.
12 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.
13 And in old age, when others fade,
They fruit still forth shall bring;
They shall be fat, and full of sap,
And always flourishing;
14 To show that upright is the Lord;
He is a rock to me;
And he from all unrighteousness
Is altogether free.
