Psalms 92:7
(92-8) When the wicked spring up as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6(92-7) A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this.
8(92-9) But Thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken; wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.
Psalms 73:12Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
Psalms 73:22But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
Psalms 94:4They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 92:2-7
Incitements to Praise of God. 1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord , and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To show 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… Read the whole commentary →