1. It is tov to give thanks unto Hashem, and to make music unto Thy Shem, O Elyon;
2. (3) To proclaim Thy chesed in the boker, and Thy emunah baleilot,
3. (4) Upon a ten-stringed instrument, and upon the nevel (lyre); to the melody of the kinnor (harp).
4. (5) For Thou, Hashem, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will joy in the works of Thy hands.
5. (6) Hashem, how great are Thy works! And Thy machshe'vot (thoughts) are very deep.
6. (7) An ish ba'ar (brutish, senseless man, dolt) knoweth not; neither doth a kesil (fool) understand this.
7. (8) When the resha'im spring up like the esev (grass), and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed adei-ad (forever).
8. (9) But Thou, Hashem, art exalted l'olam.