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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 92 - Introduction

* Praise is the business of the sabbath. (1-6) The wicked shall perish, but God's people shall be exalted. (7-15)

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See also Psalms 92 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The author of this psalm is not indicated in the title, and it is impossible now to ascertain who he was. Nor can the occasion be determined “when” it was composed. It is of so general a character tha...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    i. To sing Jehovah's praise is a duty and delight. The proofs of His righteous government of the world fill the Psalmist's heart with joy. Only unspiritual men fail to perceive that the prosperity of...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XCII. In this psalm we seem to have the Sabbath musings (see Note to Title) of one who had met the doubt born of the sight of successful wickedness, and struggled through it to a firm faith in “the Ro...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 92 A PSALM [OR] SONG FOR THE SABBATH DAY. Many of the Jewish writers a think that this psalm was written by the first man Adam, and so the Targum, "a hymn or song which the fir...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._ This Psalm was used by the Jews in their public services on the sabbath day, to which the matter of it was very well suited. For it celebrates the works of God, both that firs...

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