1Ein Psalmlied für den Sabbattag.2Wie schön ist es, Jahwe zu danken, / deinem Namen zu lobsingen, du Höchster,3am Morgen deine Güte zu rühmen / und deine Treue in der Nacht,4zur Harfe mit zehn Saiten / und zum Zitherklang!5Denn durch dein Tun hast du mich erfreut, Jahwe, / ich juble über alles, was deine Hand erschafft.6Wie groß sind deine Werke, Jahwe, / deine Gedanken so unendlich tief!7Ein dummer Mensch erkennt das nicht, / ein Narr versteht nichts davon.8Wenn auch die Gottlosen wuchern wie Gras / und alle Verbrecher erblühen, / dann nur zur Vernichtung für immer.9Doch du, Jahwe, / bist erhaben für alle Zeit.10Ja, sieh doch deine Feinde, Jahwe, / sieh, deine Feinde kommen um! / Alle, die Böses tun, werden zerstreut.11Du hast mir die Kraft eines Wildstiers gegeben, / mit frischem Öl hast du mich gesalbt.12Ich werde den Sturz meiner Feinde genießen, / mich weiden an denen, die gegen mich stehn.13Der Gerechte gedeiht wie die Palme, / schießt auf wie die Zeder auf dem Libanon.14Eingepflanzt in Jahwes Haus, / in Gottes Höfen sprossen sie auf.15Noch im Alter tragen sie Frucht, / sind voller Saft und Kraft,16um zu berichten, dass Jahwe gerecht ist. / Er ist mein Fels, an dem es nichts Unrechtes gibt.
1LORD, it is good to praise you. Most High God, it is good to make music to honour you.2It is good to sing every morning about your love. It is good to sing every night about how faithful you are.3I sing about it to the music of the lyre that has ten strings. I sing about it to the music of the harp.4LORD, you make me glad by your deeds. I sing for joy about what you have done.5LORD, how great are the things you do! How wise your thoughts are!6Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.7Those who are evil spring up like grass. Those who do wrong succeed. But they will be destroyed for ever.8But LORD, you are honoured for ever.9LORD, your enemies will certainly die. All those who do evil will be scattered.10You have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have poured the finest olive oil on me.11I’ve seen my evil enemies destroyed. I’ve heard that they have lost the battle.12Those who do what is right will grow like a palm tree. They will grow strong like a cedar tree in Lebanon.13Their roots will be firm in the house of the LORD. They will grow strong and healthy in the courtyards of our God.14When they get old, they will still bear fruit. Like young trees they will stay fresh and strong.15They will say to everyone, ‘The LORD is honest. He is my Rock, and there is no evil in him.’
1A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; (1Mo 14,19; Ps 71,22; Ps 147,1)2to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, (Ps 36,5; Ps 119,147)3to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. (Ps 33,2)4For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. (Ps 8,6; Ps 90,16)5How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep! (Ps 36,6; Ps 40,5; Ps 111,2; Ps 139,17; Röm 11,33; Offb 15,3)6The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:7that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; (Hi 21,7; Ps 94,4; Ps 125,5)8but you, O Lord, are on high forever. (Ps 93,4)9For behold, your enemies, O Lord, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered. (Ps 68,1)10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me[1] fresh oil. (4Mo 23,22; 1Sam 2,1; Ps 23,5; Ps 75,10)11My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants. (Ps 37,34; Ps 54,7)12The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (4Mo 24,6; Ps 1,3; Ps 52,8; Ps 72,7; Spr 11,28; Jes 61,3; Hos 14,5)13They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. (Ps 100,4; Ps 116,19; Ps 135,2)14They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,15to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Hi 34,10; Ps 18,2; Ps 58,11)