Psalms 92:7
(92:8) When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore.
Leeser Tanakh
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In Context
6(92:7) A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this.
8(92:9) But thou art exalted to eternity, O Lord!
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigayil 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, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning-light.
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked; and yet prospering continually they increase in wealth.
Psalms 73:22But I was indeed foolish, and I knew it not: I was as a [thoughtless] beast with thee.
Psalms 94:4They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves.
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 →