Psalm 92:2-12

2 To ¹declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your ²faithfulness by night,

3 With the ³ten-stringed lute and with the ⁴harp, With resounding music upon the ⁵lyre.

4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You ⁶have done, I will ⁷sing for joy at the ⁸works of Your hands.

5 How ⁹great are Your works, O LORD! Your ¹⁰thoughts are very ¹¹deep.

6 A ¹²senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a ¹³stupid man understand this:

7 That when the wicked ¹⁴sprouted up like grass And all ¹⁵who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be ¹⁶destroyed forevermore *.

8 But You, O LORD, are ¹⁷on high forever.

9 For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For, behold, ¹⁸Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be ¹⁹scattered.

10 But You have exalted my ²⁰horn like that of the wild ox; I have been ²¹anointed with fresh oil.

11 And my eye has ²²looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

12 The ²³righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a ²⁴cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 92

\\<>\\. Many of the Jewish writers {a} think that this psalm was written by the first man Adam, and so the Targum, ``a hymn or song which the first man said for the sabbath day.'' But had it been a composure of his, one would think it should have been placed at the head of this collection of psalms, and before that of Moses, Psalm 90, besides there were no musical instruments then for this psalm to be sung on, as in Ps 92:3, for they say it was made by him quickly after his creation, and his ejection from paradise; for Jubal was the father of them that handle the harp and organ; nor were there any number of enemies and wicked men to rise up against him, as in Ps 92:7,9,11. Nor was it written by Moses, as others have thought; but rather by David, to whom the Arabic version ascribes it; the musical instruments, the number of enemies, and the mention of the house and courts of the Lord, best agree with his times. It was made for the sabbath day, and to be used upon it; and directs to the work and worship of it; praising of God and celebrating his works, attending his house and ordinances; even for the seventh day sabbath, which God instituted and appointed the Jews to observe; and which in David's time was religiously kept; though some understand this of the time of rest which David had from his enemies round about him, and apply it to all such times of rest from tyranny and persecution, which the church of God in any period enjoys; and which is a proper season for praise and thanksgiving. Some Jewish writers refer it to the world to come, which will be all sabbath, even to the days of the Messiah, as Jarchi and others; so Theodorot; see Heb 4:9.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 59:16
• 2. Psalms 89:1
• 3. 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Nehemiah 12:27; Psalms 33:2
• 4. 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Nehemiah 12:27; Psalms 33:2
• 5. 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Nehemiah 12:27; Psalms 33:2
• 6. Psalms 40:5; Psalms 90:16
• 7. Psalms 106:47
• 8. Psalms 8:6; Psalms 111:7; Psalms 143:5
• 9. Psalms 40:5; Psalms 111:2; Revelation 15:3
• 10. Psalms 33:11; Psalms 40:5; Psalms 139:17
• 11. Psalms 36:6; Romans 11:33
• 12. Psalms 49:10; Psalms 73:22; Psalms 94:8
• 13. Psalms 49:10; Psalms 73:22; Psalms 94:8
• 14. Job 12:6; Psalms 90:5
• 15. Psalms 94:4
• 16. Psalms 37:38
• 17. Psalms 83:18; Psalms 93:4; Psalms 113:5
• 18. Psalms 37:20
• 19. Psalms 68:1; Psalms 89:10
• 20. Psalms 75:10; Psalms 89:17; Psalms 112:9
• 21. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 45:7
• 22. Psalms 54:7; Psalms 91:8
• 23. Numbers 24:6; Psalms 1:3; Psalms 52:8; Psalms 72:7; Jeremiah 17:8; Hosea 14:5, 6
• 24. Psalms 104:16; Ezekiel 31:3

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "nights"
• [b] Lit "Upon"
• [c] Lit "Upon"
• [d] Lit "Upon"
• [e] Lit "by means of"
• [f] Lit "Your working"
• [g] Or "purposes"
• [h] Or "become moist"
• [i] Or "those who lie in wait for me"
• [j] Lit "sprout"