A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day
92:Title This is the only one of the Psalms specifically stated to be for the Sabbath day (note on Sabbath at Ex 20:8-11). This does not mean that other psalms were not to be read or sung then, but that this one was especially suited for that day. The reason is that it is a psalm of rest and gladness, of praise to God for His works. Verse 4 gives the essence of it. There is no gloom here, no depression, no doubt, no questioning of God’s ways. There is only rest of heart, peace of mind, joy in God. This was the real meaning of the Sabbath.⚜
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📚It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD,
and to sing praises to your name,
O Most High,
2 📚To declare your loving kindness
in the morning,
and your faithfulness every night,
3 📚On an instrument of ten strings,
on the lyre, on the harp,
with a solemn sound.
92:2-3 See Ps 89:1-2. God’s love and faithfulness are the twin themes of many scriptures.⚜
4 📚For you, LORD, have made me
glad through your deeds.
I will exult in the works of your hands.
5 📚O LORD, how great are your works!
And your thoughts are
very deep.
6 📚A senseless man does not know,
nor does a fool understand this.
92:6 The Hebrew words translated “senseless” and “fool” indicate those who have no spiritual enlightenment, those who because of a love for sin refuse to let God teach them. They have no true moral and ethical understanding.⚜
7 📚When the wicked spring up
like grass,
and when all the evildoers flourish,
it is for them to be destroyed
forever.
92:7 Here is one thing the senseless and foolish do not understand. The very things the wicked pursue and in which they delight will finally bring them to their ruin.⚜
8 📚But you, LORD, are most
high forevermore.
9 📚For look at your enemies,
O LORD,
for, look, your enemies perish.
All the evildoers will be scattered.
10 📚But you will exalt my horn like
the horn of a wild ox.
I will be anointed with fresh oil.
11 📚My eye will also see my desire
fulfilled on my enemies,
and my ears will hear
my desire fulfilled
on the wicked who rise up
against me.
12 📚The righteous will flourish
like the palm tree;
he will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 📚Those who are planted in the house
of the LORD will flourish
in the courts of our God.
14 📚They will still bring forth fruit
in old age;
they will be fresh and flourishing,
92:12-14 In the Bible believers are frequently compared to fruitful vines and trees – Ps 1:3; 52:8; Gen 49:22; Hos 14:5-6; John 15:1-5. Observe some truths here about the righteous.
They will continue to grow spiritually
They are planted in the house of God– that is, they have their roots in holy ground and grow up in God’s fellowship, surrounded by a holy atmosphere
Even in old age they are spiritually vigorous and productive
The essence of their message is not their own righteousness but God’s.⚜
15 📚To declare that the LORD is upright.
He is my rock 📖,
and there is no
unrighteousness 📖 in him.