Psalms 92 - Introduction

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 first and great work, the creation of the universe, and that succeeding, and no less wonderful work, his upholding and superintending all the creatures which he had made, and especially his ruling mankind, both good and bad, and preserving and governing his church and people. The rabbins pretend it was written by Adam. But, as the instruments of music, here mentioned, were not used in the worship of God till David's time, it is most probable that it was composed by him, and that not so much to commemorate the creation and sabbath which followed it, as to foretel the rest from persecution which God had promised to give his church under the Messiah. In this Psalm, God is praised for his works, Psalms 92:1. The doom of the wicked is foretold, Psalms 92:6. The prosperity of the righteous, Psalms 92:10.