Psalms 92:6

6 [The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

Psalms 92:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 92:6

A brutish man knoweth not
The lovingkindness of the Lord, and his faithfulness, nor how to show them forth, nor his great works and deep thoughts; man was made originally far above the brute creatures, and had them all under his dominion; but, sinning, became like the beasts that perish; and is in Scripture often compared to one or other of them, as the horse, ass a brutish man is one that only knows things naturally, as brute beasts do, and in which also he corrupts himself; he is governed by sense, and not by reason, and much less by faith, which he has not; one that indulges his sensual appetite, whose god is his belly, and minds nothing but earth and earthly things; and, though he has an immortal soul, has no more care of it, and concern about it, than a beast that has none; he lives like one, without fear or shame; and in some things acts below them, and at last dies, as they do, without any thought of, or regard unto, a future state:

neither doth a fool understand this;
what is before said, or else what follows in the next verse, as Jarchi and others interpret it, concerning the end and event of the prosperity of the wicked; Arama interprets it of the Gentiles not knowing this law of the land, the sabbath, and so rejected it: a "fool" is the same with the "brutish" man, one that is so, not in things natural and civil, but in things moral, spiritual, and religious.

Psalms 92:6 In-Context

4 For you, O Yahweh, have made me glad by your work; by the deeds of your hands I sing for joy.

5 How great are your deeds, O Yahweh; [how] very deep are your thoughts.

6 [The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

7 When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

8 But you [are] on high forever, O Yahweh.