1 Or “good.”
2 Traditionally “O Most High.”
3 The words “it is fitting” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Verses 1–3 are actually one long sentence in the Hebrew text, but this has been divided up into two shorter sentences in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

In other versions

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

to declare your steadfast love in the morning,

and your faithfulness by night,

to the music of the lute and the harp,

to the melody of the lyre.

It is good to praise the Lord

and make music to your name, O Most High,

proclaiming your love in the morning

and your faithfulness at night,

to the music of the ten-stringed lyre

and the melody of the harp.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praise to your name, Most High,

to declare your faithful love in the morning

and your faithfulness at night,

with a ten-stringed harp

and the music of a lyre.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises to the Most High.

It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning,

your faithfulness in the evening,

accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp,

and the melody of a lyre.

It is good to give thanks to Yahweh,

and to sing praise concerning your name, O Most High;

to declare in the morning your loyal love

and your faithfulness in the night,

on the ten string, and on the harp,

with a melody on the lyre.

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,

And to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,

And thy faithfulness every night,

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery;

Upon the harp with a solemn sound.

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