“I will take the top of a tall cedar

and break off a tender sprout;

I will plant it on a high mountain,

₂₃on Israel's highest mountain.

It will grow branches and bear seed

and become a magnificent cedar.

Birds of every kind will live there

and find shelter in its shade.

₂₄All the trees in the land will know

that I am the LORD.

I cut down the tall trees

and make the small trees grow tall.

I wither up the green trees

and make the dry trees become green.

₁How good it is to give thanks to you, O LORD,

to sing in your honour, O Most High God,

₂to proclaim your constant love every morning

and your faithfulness every night,

₃with the music of stringed instruments

and with melody on the harp.

₄Your mighty deeds, O LORD, make me glad;

because of what you have done, I sing for joy.

₁₂The righteous will flourish like palm trees;

they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon.

₁₃They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD,

that flourish in the Temple of our God,

₁₄that still bear fruit in old age

and are always green and strong.

₁₅This shows that the LORD is just,

that there is no wrong in my protector.