A Song For The Sabbath Day

"What shall we conclude then?

Is there any injustice upon God's part?

Certainly not!"

Romans 9:14

King David Harp

It is a good and delightful thing to

give thanks to the Lord,

to sing praises with musical accompaniment

to Your name, O Most High.

To show forth Your loving-kindness

in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.

With an instrument of ten strings and 

with the lute, with a solemn sound

upon the lyre.

For You, O Lord, have made me 

glad by Your works;

at the deeds of Your hands

I joyfully sing.

How great are your doings, O Lord!

Your thoughts are very deep.

A man in his rude and uncultivated state

knows not, neither does

 a self-confident fool understand this:

That though the wicked spring up

like grass, and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to be

destroyed forever.

But You, Lord, are on high forever.

For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord,

for behold, Your enemies shall perish;

all the evildoers shall be scattered.

But my horn, emblem of excessive

strength and stately grace You have

exalted like that of a wild ox;

I am anointed with fresh oil.

My eye looks upon those who lie 

in wait for me; my ears hear the evildoers

that rise up against me.

The uncompromisingly righteous shall

flourish like the palm tree, be long-lived,

stately, upright, useful, and fruitful;

they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon,

majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible.

Planted in the house of the Lord,

they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Growing in grace they shall still bring

forth fruit in old age; they shall be full 

of sap, of spiritual vitality, and  rich in

the verdure of trust, love, and contentment.

They are living memorials to show

that the Lord is upright and faithful

to His promises; He is my Rock

and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Psalm 92

A common Date Palm grows in Israel.

Often sprouting up in natural desert springs, this tree is

capable of growing even in brackish, or salty water,

hence it's existence, as the psalmist rightly states,

" be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful."

In recent years, the Date Palm has become an

important crop in the Arava, the Dead Sea region,

and in the Jordan Valley.