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Psalm 92:7 KJV
Psalms · chapter 92 · verse 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:Psalm 92:7 · King James Version
Psalm 92:7 in context
5O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
9For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 73:18-20
- Psalms 37:38
- Psalms 37:35-36
- Psalms 37:1-2
- Jeremiah 12:1-2
- 1 Peter 1:24
- Malachi 3:15
- James 1:10-11
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyedshâmadto desolateH8045 →
- iniquityʼâvenstrictly nothingnessH205 →
- flourishtsûwtsto twinkleH6692 →
- workerspâʻalto do or make , especially to practiseH6466 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- springpârachto break forth as a budH6524 →
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The psalmist had said (Psa 92:4) that from the works of God he would take occasion to triumph; and here he does so. I. He triumphs over God's enemies (Psa 92:7, Psa 92:9, Psa 92:11), triumphs in the foresight of their destruction, not as it would be the misery of his fellow-creatures, but as it would redound to the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-15