1 A psalm, a song, for the sabbath day.
2 [It is] good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High,
3 To show in the morning thy mercy and thy faithfulness in the night,
4 On decachord and on psaltery, on a meditation (higgaion) with a harp,
5 For thou hast gladdened me, Jehovah, by thy work; in the works of thy hands I will triumph.
6 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Very deep [are] thy thoughts.
7 A brutish man knoweth not, and a fool doth not understand this.
8 When wicked [men] spring up as grass and all the workers of iniquity flourish, [it is] for them to be destroyed for ever.
9 And thou, Jehovah, [art] on high (or Most High) for ever.
10 For, lo, thine enemies, Jehovah—for, lo, thine enemies—shall perish; scattered shall be all doers of iniquity.
11 And my horn wilt thou exalt like a buffalo’s; I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
12 And mine eye shall look upon my watchers; mine ears shall hear of those rising against me—evil-doers.
13 The righteous one shall sprout as the palm, as a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow.
14 Planted in Jehovah’s house, in the courts of our God, they shall flourish.
15 Still shall they bear fruit in old age; fat and green shall they be;
16 To show that Jehovah is upright: [he is] my rock, and no unrighteousness [is] in him.
Notes on Psalm 92
This is “A psalm, a song, for the sabbath day.” Here the true Sabbath, the rest of God, is anticipated when man’s restless toils are over. How suitable this song will then be needs no comment here. Blessing on earth follows judgment. Such is O.T. order. Those that follow to Psalm 100 hang on this title.