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Selected Verse: Psalms 92:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 92:1 |
Strong Concordance |
A Psalm [04210] or Song [07892] for the sabbath [07676] day [03117]. It is a good [02896] thing to give thanks [03034] unto the LORD [03068], and to sing praises [02167] unto thy name [08034], O most High [05945]: |
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King James |
A Psalm or Song 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: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
A Psalm-song--(see on Psa 30:1, title). The theme: God should be praised for His righteous judgments on the wicked and His care and defense of His people. Such a topic, at all times proper, is specially so for the reflections of the Sabbath day. (Psa 92:1-15)
sing . . . name--celebrate Thy perfections. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord - literally, "Good is it to give thanks unto Jehovah." That is, the act is appropriate; the effect is good.
(1) The thing itself is appropriate, for there is much, under all circumstances, to be thankful for: life, health, food, raiment, air, water, friends, recollections, hopes - and, above all, the blessings of redemption, and the assurance that we may be happy forever. Many of these things may be found in the condition of all; but if all else fail, the hope of heaven - the assurance that the Redeemer died - the offer of salvation - cannot fail. That is ours, and cannot be taken away.
(2) The effect is good. It is a desirable state of mind. It tends to happiness, contentment, peace. A gloomy mind makes all things around more gloomy; an unthankful mind is an unhappy mind; a murmuring, complaining, dissatisfied mind makes its possessor wretched, and all around him miserable.
(3) it is good as it is due to God. For all his favor we should be thankful - and all that we enjoy is his gift.
(4) it tends much to lessen the real troubles and afflictions of life to dwell on those things for which we should be thankful.
And to sing praises unto thy name - Unto thee. As this psalm was designed for the "Sabbath day," this proves that one of the appropriate services of the Sabbath is "praise." It is a day when it is fit to recall the mercies of God to our recollection; and the remembrance of those mercies, and their celebration by appropriate songs, tend to diffuse joy over all the coming days of the week.
O Most High - God exalted over all. The fact that "he" is exalted over all - over us - over our friends - over all worlds - is an appropriate thought when we come before him to praise him; appropriate at all times, and in all circumstances of life. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Sabbath is the day that God has hallowed, and that is to be consecrated to God by our turning away from the business pursuits of the working days (Isa 58:13.) and applying ourselves to the praise and adoration of God, which is the most proper, blessed Sabbath employment. It is good, i.e., not merely good in the eyes of God, but also good for man, beneficial to the heart, pleasant and blessed. Loving-kindness is designedly connected with the dawn of the morning, for it is morning light itself, which breaks through the night (Psa 30:6; Psa 59:17), and faithfulness with the nights, for in the perils of the loneliness of the night it is the best companion, and nights of affliction are the "foil of its verification." עשׂור beside נבל (נבל) is equivalent to נבל עשׂור in Psa 33:2; Psa 144:9 : the ten-stringed harp or lyre. הגּיון is the music of stringed instruments (vid., on Psa 9:17), and that, since הגה in itself is not a suitable word for the rustling (strepitus) of the strings, the impromptu or phantasia playing (in Amo 6:5, scornfully, פּרט), which suits both Psa 9:17 (where it is appended to the forte of the interlude) and the construction with Beth instrumenti. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| It is a good thing to give thanks - This Psalm begins very abruptly. Good to confess unto the Lord. He had been acknowledging God's goodness, and praising him for his mercy; and now he breaks out and tells how good he felt this employment to be. |
1 A Psalm [04210] or Song [07892] for the sabbath [07676] day [03117]. It is a good [02896] thing to give thanks [03034] unto the LORD [03068], and to sing praises [02167] unto thy name [08034], O most High [05945]:
2 To shew forth [05046] thy lovingkindness [02617] in the morning [01242], and thy faithfulness [0530] every night [03915],
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings [06218], and upon the psaltery [05035]; upon the harp [03658] with a solemn sound [01902].
4 For thou, LORD [03068], hast made me glad [08055] through thy work [06467]: I will triumph [07442] in the works [04639] of thy hands [03027].
5 O LORD [03068], how great [01431] are thy works [04639]! and thy thoughts [04284] are very [03966] deep [06009].
6 A brutish [01198] man [0376] knoweth [03045] not; neither doth a fool [03684] understand [0995] this.
7 When the wicked [07563] spring [06524] as the grass [06212], and when all the workers [06466] of iniquity [0205] do flourish [06692]; it is that they shall be destroyed [08045] for ever [05703]:
8 But thou, LORD [03068], art most high [04791] for evermore [05769].
9 For, lo, thine enemies [0341], O LORD [03068], for, lo, thine enemies [0341] shall perish [06]; all the workers [06466] of iniquity [0205] shall be scattered [06504].
10 But my horn [07161] shalt thou exalt [07311] like the horn of an unicorn [07214]: I shall be anointed [01101] with fresh [07488] oil [08081].
11 Mine eye [05869] also shall see [05027] my desire on mine enemies [07790], and mine ears [0241] shall hear [08085] my desire of the wicked [07489] that rise up [06965] against me.
12 The righteous [06662] shall flourish [06524] like the palm tree [08558]: he shall grow [07685] like a cedar [0730] in Lebanon [03844].
13 Those that be planted [08362] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] shall flourish [06524] in the courts [02691] of our God [0430].
14 They shall still bring forth fruit [05107] in old age [07872]; they shall be fat [01879] and flourishing [07488];
15 To shew [05046] that the LORD [03068] is upright [03477]: he is my rock [06697], and there is no unrighteousness [05766] [05766] in him.
1 A Psalm [04210] and Song [07892] at the dedication [02598] of the house [01004] of David [01732]. I will extol [07311] thee, O LORD [03068]; for thou hast lifted me up [01802], and hast not made my foes [0341] to rejoice [08055] over me.
17 The wicked [07563] shall be turned [07725] into hell [07585], and all the nations [01471] that forget [07913] God [0430].
5 That chant [06527] to the sound [06310] of the viol [05035], and invent [02803] to themselves instruments [03627] of musick [07892], like David [01732];
17 The wicked [07563] shall be turned [07725] into hell [07585], and all the nations [01471] that forget [07913] God [0430].
9 I will sing [07891] a new [02319] song [07892] unto thee, O God [0430]: upon a psaltery [05035] and an instrument of ten strings [06218] will I sing praises [02167] unto thee.
2 Praise [03034] the LORD [03068] with harp [03658]: sing [02167] unto him with the psaltery [05035] and an instrument of ten strings [06218].
17 Unto thee, O my strength [05797], will I sing [02167]: for God [0430] is my defence [04869], and the God [0430] of my mercy [02617].
6 And in my prosperity [07959] I said [0559], I shall never [05769] be moved [04131].
13 If thou turn away [07725] thy foot [07272] from the sabbath [07676], from doing [06213] thy pleasure [02656] on my holy [06944] day [03117]; and call [07121] the sabbath [07676] a delight [06027], the holy [06918] of the LORD [03068], honourable [03513]; and shalt honour [03513] him, not doing [06213] thine own ways [01870], nor finding [04672] thine own pleasure [02656], nor speaking [01696] thine own words [01697]: