Psalm 92:9

9 For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For, behold, ¹Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be ²scattered.

Psalm 92:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 92:9

For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord
The particle "lo", or "behold", is not used for the sake of God, but for the sake of men; to excite their attention, and to observe unto them that those who are everlastingly destroyed are the enemies of the Lord; who are enemies in their minds by wicked works, yea, enmity itself against God; and therefore their perdition is just as well as certain; sooner or later these shall be brought forth and slain before him; and for the certainty of it is repeated,

for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
the Targum adds, in the world to come: "all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered"; one from another, and not be able to unite and combine together against the saints, as they have done; or they shall be separated from them at the last day, being placed at Christ's left hand; and shall not stand in judgment, nor in the congregation of the righteous; and so the Targum,

``and all the workers of iniquity shall be separated from the congregation of the righteous;''

see ( Psalms 1:5 ) .

Psalm 92:9 In-Context

7 That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore .

8 But You, O LORD , are on high forever.

9 For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD , For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be scattered.

10 But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

11 And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 37:20
• 2. Psalms 68:1; Psalms 89:10