Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 92:7
Their present worldly prosperity is a presage and occasion of their utter and eternal ruin.
Their present worldly prosperity is a presage and occasion of their utter and eternal ruin.
Verse Psalms 92:7. _WHEN THE WICKED SPRING AS THE GRASS_] This is a lesson which is frequently inculcated in the sacred writings. The favour of God towards man is not to be known by outward prosperit...
WHEN THE WICKED SPRING AS THE GRASS - When they grow up as plants do; when they seem to flourish and prosper. Compare Psalms 90:5; Psalms 37:2, Psalms 37:35,...
Psalms 92 A Psalm of Praise _ 1. Praise for His works (Psalms 92:1)_ 2. The enemies who perish (Psalms 92:6) 3. The happy lot of the righteous ...
XCII. IN PRAISE OF PROVIDENCE. God's counsels are too deep for the stupid man. But in fact the prosperity of the wicked is superficial. PSALMS 92:10_ b_. Read, Thou hast sprinkled me with fresh oil....
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. See note on Psalms 92:14,...
The special ground for praise in the manifestation of Jehovah's sovereignty....
The tenses in Psalms 92:7 (cp. Psalms 92:10) do not merely express a general truth, but point to some particular event. When the wicked did flourish as the herbage, And all the workers of iniquity d...
A BRUTISH MAN, &C.— _The foolish man doth not observe, nor the thoughtless man take notice of this:_ Psalms 92:7. _That when the wicked spring up like the grass, and all the practisers of idolatry flo...
Psalms 92-97 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day. ANALYSIS Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King. Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King. Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...
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: WHEN THE WICKED SPRING AS THE GRASS, AND WHEN ALL THE WORKERS OF...
This is a Ps. of praise, called forth by some special manifestation of God's loving-kindness. This general theme is set forth in Psalms 92:1; Psalms 92:5 contain reflections on the meaning of God's wo...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A SONG FOR SATURDAY PSALMS 92 JESUS SAID, "THANK YOU, FATHER". (MATTHEW 11:25)...
This verse apparently introduces the statement of the truth which the sensualist does not understand, viz., that the prosperity of the wicked is only momentary, and will render their destruction all t...
_[Psalms 92:8]_ בִּ פְרֹ֤חַ רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ כְּמֹ֥ו עֵ֗שֶׂב...
Psalms 92:1 AUTHORITIES differ in their arrangement of this psalm. Clearly, the first three verses are a prelude; and if these are left out of account, the remainder of the psalm consists of twelve ve...
GLADNESS AND GROWTH Psalms 92:1 The inscription alludes to the suitability of this psalm for the Sabbath day. Psalms 92:1 contain the general statement of the desirability of praise and thanksgiving....
THIS is a song of praise. The seemliness of praise is first declared (vv. Psa 92:1-3); and then reasons for it are given (vv. Psa 92:4-15). Praise is good as the first exercise of the day and also as...
How strikingly do these verses represent the state of the ungodly and unregenerate! What can they know, or what can they discover? Jesus, with all his beauty, glory, fulness, suitableness, and all-suf...
7_When the wicked flourish as the grass. _He points out, and exposes, by a striking and appropriate figure, the folly of imagining that the wicked obtain a triumph over God, when he does not, it may b...
Psalms 92 takes up these names of God, Jehovah and Most High; only it is no longer a secret place, known only to fidelity and faith. Almighty power secured blessing and answers faith; Verses 7-8 expla...
WHEN THE WICKED SPRING AS THE GRASS,.... Out of the earth, as they do, and are of the earth earthly, and become numerous as spires of grass, and look pleasant and beautiful for a while, as that does;...
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: Ver. 7. _When the wicked spring as the grass, &c._] This the fool...
_When the wicked spring_, &c. Many interpreters connect this with the preceding verse, thus: _A brutish man knoweth not, &c., that when the wicked spring as the grass_, and when all the workers of ini...
A SABBATH MEDITATION. A psalm or song for the Sabbath-day, used by the Jewish Church on the seventh day of the week, as one of the hymns of liturgical worship....
When the wicked spring as the grass, apparently in the greatest good fortune, AND WHEN ALL THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY DO FLOURISH, enjoying the fullness of all that this world has to offer; IT IS THAT TH...
7-15 God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish but for a moment. Let us seek for ourselves the salvation and grace of the gospel, that being daily anointed by th...
Psalms 92:7 wicked H7563 up H6524 (H8800) grass H6212 workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity H205 flourish H6692 ...
Psalms 92:1. _It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:_ It is good in itself; it is good for those who hear it; but it is especially good for o...
CONTENTS: The ruin of sinners and the joy of saints. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Let the Christian not fear the pride and power of evil men nor be in the least discouraged by their impote...
Psalms 92:3. _Ten strings._ Stringed instruments, as in Psalms 150:4. These are four, the _asur,_ the _nebal,_ the _higgaion,_ and the _kinnor_ or harp: a full band for singing in the courts of the Lo...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 92:1. This is a hymn of thanks and praise to God, specifically celebrating the blessing of the Sabbath in Israel. The Sabbath was a day of rest and for community worship ...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 92:6 This section draws a contrast between the members of the people who are unfaithful to the covenant (called STUPID, FOOL, WICKED, God’s...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath-day_.” It so far combines the properties of both a psalm and a song that either name may be applied to it. This psalm was appointed for...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is entitled, "a Psalm or Song for the sabbath day," and was therefore, we may conclude, intended for liturgical use in the temple on that weekly festival. Jewish tradition says t...
Psa 92:1-15 is a psalm 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: To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy f...
1 Peter 1:24; 1 Samuel 25:36; Isaiah 37:27; Isaiah 40:6; Isaiah 40:7