Psalm 92
מִזְמ֥וֹר שִׁ֗יר לְי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת
BSB
How Great Are Your Works!
A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
1It is good to praise the LORD,
and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
2to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night
3with the ten-stringed harp
and the melody of the lyre.
4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds;
I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
5How great are Your works, O LORD,
how deep are Your thoughts!
6A senseless man does not know,
and a fool does not understand,
7that though the wicked sprout like grass,
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be forever destroyed.
8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
9For surely Your enemies, O LORD,
surely Your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.
10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox;
with fine oil I have been anointed.
11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies;
my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13Planted in the house of the LORD,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14In old age they will still bear fruit;
healthy and green they will remain,
15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock,
and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
Introduction
Psalms 92
It is a groundless opinion of some of the Jewish writers (who are usually free of their conjectures) that this psalm was penned and sung by Adam in innocency, on the first sabbath. It is inconsistent with the psalm itself, which speaks of the workers of iniquity, when as yet sin had not entered. It is probable that it was penned by David, and, being calculated for the sabbath day, I. Praise, the business of the sabbath, is here recommended (Psa 92:1-3). II. God's works, which gave occasion for the sabbath, are here celebrated as great and unsearchable in general (Psa 92:4-6). In particular, with reference to the works both of providence and redemption, the psalmist sings unto God both of mercy and judgment, the ruin of sinners and the joy of saints, three times counterchanged. 1. The wicked shall perish (Psa 92:7), but God is eternal (Psa 92:8). 2. God's enemies shall be cut off, but David shall be exalted (Psa 92:9, Psa 92:10). 3. David's enemies shall be confounded (Psa 92:11), but all the righteous shall be fruitful and flourishing (Psa 92:12-15). In singing this psalm we must take pleasure in giving to God the glory due to his name, and triumph in his works.
A psalm or song for the sabbath day.
Cross-references: Ps 92:1 · Ps 92:4 · Ps 92:7 · Ps 92:8 · Ps 92:9 · Ps 92:10 · Ps 92:11 · Ps 92:12