Psalms 92
1 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
World Behind This Chapter
Explore the people, places, language, history, and material world connected to Psalms 92.
What stands out about a Sabbath song of morning loyalty in Psalm 92?
Psalm 92 builds its movement around a Sabbath song of morning loyalty, flourishing righteous, and the apparent success of the wicked. Tracking repeated words, parallel lines, changes of speaker, and image clusters shows how the poem develops before assigning a later interpretation.
What world does Psalm 92 ask the reader to picture?
The poem evokes sanctuary / sabbath worship. Those settings may be literal, remembered, ritual, or metaphorical; distinguishing those possibilities is part of reading Hebrew poetry carefully.
Research PathsCurated links for exploring this chapter 2
Language & Literature1
- Psalm 92: NET Bible Translation NotesNET Bible
Notes clarify the unique heading identifying the poem as a song for the Sabbath, morning and evening praise, musical instruments, temporary flourishing of the wicked, the exalted horn, fresh oil, and comparisons with the palm and cedar.
Artifacts & Manuscripts1
- Coin of Judaea with a Date PalmHarvard Art Museums
Bronze coin from Roman-period Judaea with a date palm and two clusters of dates on the reverse and an ear of barley on the obverse. The zoomable museum image helps readers visualize Psalm 92’s comparison of the righteous to a flourishing palm and illustrates the tree’s later importance as a symbol of fertility and the land.
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