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Psalm 92
Psalm 92
1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
2 To shew 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 fool understand this.
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:
8 But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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Rashi
Verse 1
<html><b>A song with musical accompaniment</b> of the Levites. <b>for the Sabbath day</b> that they would recite on Sabbaths, and it deals with the world to come, which is entirely Sabbath.</html>
Verse 3
<html><b>To declare in the morning Your kindness</b> At the time of the Redemption. <b>and Your faith at night</b> And during the distress of the exile, to believe in You that You will keep Your promise, all this is splendid and good.</html>
Verse 4
<html><b>Upon a ten-stringed harp and upon a psaltery</b> Heb. עשור, a harp of ten strings.</html>
Verse 7
<html><b>A boorish man does not know</b> What is stated below.</html>
Verse 8
<html><b>When the wicked flourish like grass</b> they do not know that their flourishing is only to destroy them to eternity, for He recompenses His enemies to their face to destroy them.</html>
Verse 9
<html><b>But You remain on high</b> In all Your judgments, You have the upper hand, for all justify Your judgments.</html>
Verse 11
<html><b>to soak me with fresh oil</b> Heb. בלתי. To soak me with the oil of dominion. בַלֹתִי is like (Num. 15: 9): “mingled (בלולה) with oil.”</html>
Verse 12
<html><b>upon those who stare at me</b> Heb. בשורי, at those who stare at me, as (5:9): “those who lie in wait for me (בשוררי).” <b>when evildoers rise up against me</b> About the wicked who rise up against me, my ears heard from behind the “veil” that they will not succeed in destroying us [perhaps, David and his men]. So I heard.</html>
Verse 13
<html><b>The righteous one flourishes like the palm, etc.</b> Like the palm that produces fruit, and like the cedar insofar as its trunk renews itself.</html>
Verse 14
<html><b>Planted</b> The righteous will be [planted] in the house of the Lord.</html>
Verse 15
<html><b>will…grow</b> Heb. ישגה, will grow. <b>fat</b> Heb. דשנים, They will be fat and fresh, and then they will declare that the Lord is upright.</html>