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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,
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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.