Psalm 92

​Psalm 92 is a hymn of praise to God, both for his protection against the enemy and for his loving presence in their midst. Those who find themselves in corporate worship week after week will recognize many of the lines such as:
 
       “Proclaiming your love in the morning
               and your faithfulness at night”
       “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree”
       “He’s my rock”
 
For all who would worship the God of the Jewish-Christian faith, it would be well to take leave of the histrionics associated with so much of contemporary “worship” and spend time with the psalmists of old who under the guidance of God wrote songs of praise that we are still singing.
       The contrast that runs through today’s psalm draws attention to the difference between the righteous and the wicked. The latter are like grass that springs up quickly, but soon withers and is gone. The righteous, on the other hand, are like the palm tree or the cedar in Lebanon in that they continue to grow year after year bearing fruit even in old age. They lift their voices in praise to God their protector in whom there is no wickedness. 
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​It is good to praise you, O Most High
And make music that brings delight;
It proclaims your love in the morning
Your faithfulness all through the night.
 
You make me glad by all that you do
It moves me to sing your praise;
With the music of the ten-stringed lyre
Your goodness is displayed.
 
How great, O Lord, are all your works
How profound your every thought;
But the foolish aren’t able to understand
That all they will gain is for naught
 
But you, Oh Lord, are exalted forever
Your enemies will surely   perish;
My eyes have seen the defeat of evil
And that is what I cherish.
 
The righteous will flourish like a lush palm tree
Bearing fruit at a ripe old age;
Proclaiming everywhere how upright you are
How perfect, how good, how sage.