Psalm 96

 ¹Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

³Declare His glory among the nations,

His wonders among all peoples.

⁴For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised;

He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

But the Lord made the heavens.

⁶Honor and majesty are before Him;

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

Give to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸Give to the Lord the glory due His name;

Bring an offering, and come into His courts.

⁹Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!

Tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;

The world also is firmly established,

It shall not be moved;

He shall judge the peoples righteously.”

¹¹Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;

Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;

¹²Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.

¹³For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.

He shall judge the world with righteousness,

And the peoples with His truth.

Commentary

Vs. 1-3 ¹Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

The opening of this Psalm begins by celebrating the Lord Jesus Christ’s Coming to Judge and Rule the world. On that Day there will be a new song of praise to the Lord that the whole world shall sing. People everywhere who have been redeemed by Him will bless His Name, both now and then. Therefore we are to proclaim the good news of His salvation, (by faith in His Name), from day to day (until that Day), so that people everywhere can believe in Him and be saved!

Vs. 3 “Declare His glory among the nations,

His wonders among all peoples.”

The Psalm continues with an exhortation for us all to declare His glory among the nations and His wonders among the peoples. For our Lord Jesus Chris having suffered Crucifixion death for us all, and thus having conquered death by His resurrection from the dead, and having ascended back to God the Father in heaven, Jesus' glory is to be declared by us who believe in Him among the nations. We then are to give testimony to all His wonders among all peoples, especially His wonders in how He saved us, sinners so lost and alienated and so far from God, yet now HE HAS RECONCILED US ALL TO GOD HIMSELF BY HIMSELF, having bought us back from death itself and given us life through Himself, through His Holy Spirit, He has done for us what no one could or would do (Rom. 5:6-11). 

Vs. 4-6 ⁴For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised;

He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

But the Lord made the heavens.

⁶Honor and majesty are before Him;

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

Truly the Lord is Great! He has no equal, only He is to be greatly praised and greatly feared, for He is above all “gods,” all the ancient “god’s,” all the idols that mankind has made for itself, and all the “gods” that modern man has made for themselves. For the Lord made the heavens, not science, and the Lord sustains everything, not governments and politicians, and certainly not their money. Therefore, honor and majesty are before Him, for it all belongs to Him, for it all has its origins in Him, and He will dispense honor and majesty on those who believe in Him! For strength and beauty are in His sanctuary, they reside with Him forever in His Holy Place. You want these for yourselves, then come to the Lord Jesus Christ and you will have them for all eternity!

Vs. 7-10 ⁷Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

Give to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸Give to the Lord the glory due His name;

Bring an offering, and come into His courts.

⁹Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!

Tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;

The world also is firmly established,

It shall not be moved;

He shall judge the peoples righteously.”

The call of the new creation now goes out to all peoples, all families of all peoples to “Give to the Lord glory and strength.”  For He alone has Everlasting Glory and He alone has Everlasting Strength. His Strength never fails, and His Glory never ceases, all of creations though is like the grass of the field, green and lush one day and then withered away the next. “Give to the Lord the glory due His name” For His Name is above all names! And the Lord Jesus Christ’s Name is the Name of God that is above every name, for it is His Name God has exalted, for it is by His name that we are saved (Acts 4:12). Therefore, peoples give to the Lord all honor and majesty and strength. Bring Him an offering in thanksgiving and praise and worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Therefore purify yourselves, sanctify yourselves, and come out and be separate from this evil worlds godless values (2 Cor. 6:14-7:1). “Tremble before Him all the earth.” Say among the nations “The Lord reigns.” For that will be the call of all the earth On His Day, to come to the New Jerusalem where His Throne is, where it is established forever! For In the Lord Jesus Christ’s reign the world will be firmly established, He will be the Head of all things. Therefore it shall not be moved. For He shall judge the peoples righteously, therefore all people will seek Him! Will seek Truth and Justice from Him! (Isaiah 2:3; 51:4-8, 11)

Vs. 12-13 ¹²Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.

¹³For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.

He shall judge the world with righteousness,

And the peoples with His truth.

When the Lord of all creation Reigns, all the groans of all creation will cease forever! Even the field will be joyful as He will cause it to be abundantly lush and fruitful. And the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord of all the earth as he will cause them all to grow strong and tall and straight again! Their leaves then will not wither and branches will not fail. And as the Lord of all the earth He will judge the world in righteousness and all peoples with His truth. All the perverse and crooked and biased judgments of man will be done away with forever! Therefore the world will be most just when Jesus Christ reigns! For then it will be just as God always intended it to be.

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.

Psalm 95

¹Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!

Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

²Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;

Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

³For the Lord is the great God,

And the great King above all gods.

⁴In His hand are the deep places of the earth;

The heights of the hills are His also.

⁵The sea is His, for He made it;

And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

⁷For He is our God,

And we are the people of His pasture,

And the sheep of His hand.

Today, if you will hear His voice:

⁸“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,

As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

⁹When your fathers tested Me;

They tried Me, though they saw My work.

¹⁰For forty years I was grieved with that generation,

And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,

And they do not know My ways.’

¹¹So I swore in My wrath,

‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Commentary

Vs. 1-2 ¹Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!

Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

²Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;

Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

O’ that everyone would have this desire. In Christ’s Kingdom they will! For singing praise to the Lord excels all in our hearts and minds because the Lord our God who is with us forever! Therefore, let us come joyfully before His presence with thanksgiving. Yes, church this is our most favorite thing, for it is He in whom we take the most delight in. For He is the Rock of our salvation. The very One, the Only One who saves us and has secured us forever, and thus He is the One our faith is built upon! Therefore, put away all your grumblings and complaints, and come before His Presence with thanksgiving. For it is an honor, our honor and privilege to do so. To come to Him in His house (your church assembly) and shout joyfully to Him with psalms; that is to sing songs that glorify Him and edify us all.

Vs. 3-5 ³For the Lord is the great God,

And the great King above all gods.

⁴In His hand are the deep places of the earth;

The heights of the hills are His also.

⁵The sea is His, for He made it;

And His hands formed the dry land.

Therefore, let us all declare His Person’s Greatness in our songs and praises to Him, for our Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods (vs. 3). For He rules all the deep places of the earth, all the unseen things by man He has formed and rules. From the heights of the hills, to the seas, and the dry land, the Lord formed it all, and He rules it all! Never then deny the God of all Creation, His Works in doing so, for He is our God, our King, our Savior. 

Vs. 6-11 ⁶Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

⁷For He is our God,

And we are the people of His pasture,

And the sheep of His hand.

Today, if you will hear His voice:

⁸“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,

As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

⁹When your fathers tested Me;

They tried Me, though they saw My work.

¹⁰For forty years I was grieved with that generation,

And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,

And they do not know My ways.’

¹¹So I swore in My wrath,

‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Let us all then worship the Lord in reverence. Let us all reverently bow down and kneel before Him, 

“For He is our God,

And we are the people of His pasture,

And the sheep of His hand…” ^{Vs. 7}

We are His people, we are the sheep of His pasture, therefore let our praise and all our conduct in our assemblies reflect this. Now as verse seven closes the Psalm turns from an reverent exhortation to a stark warning, a warning which must be heeded by all, for it will conclude the Psalm. The warning then is not to harden one’s heart to the voice of the Lord given us all through His Word, or through His Spirit (consider Job 9:4; Isaiah 28:11-13, 16). To not test Him, as the ancient Israelites did who all perished in the wilderness, (which for us is our sojourn in this world), for they did not enter the Lord’s Rest (i.e., receive His eternal salvation) but have become examples for us all of what not to do (please read 1 Cor. 10:1-13). The choice then is ours to listen to the Lord and believe/obey His Word (His Gospel) and have eternal life for ourself, or to harden one’s heart and only die in one’s own sins and transgressions, and thus be judged for them and suffer eternally for ones own rejection of the Lord. Therefore do not do that, but repent and believe while you can! For the Lord will forgive, save, and restore you, and all who turn to Him in faith, therefore do that! Call upon the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved! 

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.

Psalm 94

¹O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs—

O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

²Rise up, O Judge of the earth;

Render punishment to the proud.

³Lord, how long will the wicked,

How long will the wicked triumph?

⁴They utter speech, and speak insolent things;

All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

⁵They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,

And afflict Your heritage.

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger,

And murder the fatherless.

⁷Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”

⁸Understand, you senseless among the people;

And you fools, when will you be wise?

⁹He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?

He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

¹⁰He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct,

He who teaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knows the thoughts of man,

That they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord,

And teach out of Your law,

¹³That You may give him rest from the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For the Lord will not cast off His people,

Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

¹⁵But judgment will return to righteousness,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?

Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my help,

My soul would soon have settled in silence.

¹⁸If I say, “My foot slips,”

Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my anxieties within me,

Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,

Have fellowship with You?

²¹They gather together against the life of the righteous,

And condemn innocent blood.

²²But the Lord has been my defense,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He has brought on them their own iniquity,

And shall cut them off in their own wickedness;

The Lord our God shall cut them off.

Commentary

Vs. 1-3 ¹O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs—

O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

²Rise up, O Judge of the earth;

Render punishment to the proud.

³Lord, how long will the wicked,

How long will the wicked triumph?

The cry of all the saints down through the ages is now heard in heaven (consider Heb. 11; Rev. 6:11). Their cry (our cry) is that the Lord God our God to whom vengeance belongs shine forth! That He make manifest His Person and render punishment to the proud. For the wicked have triumphed in this world, they have been the exalted ones of it.

Vs. 4-7 ⁴They utter speech, and speak insolent things;

All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

⁵They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,

And afflict Your heritage.

⁶They slay the widow and the stranger,

And murder the fatherless.

⁷Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”

The case is now made against them, which begins with their mouths, mouths that utter speech; not clear concise speech that instructs and edifies, but deceptive, misleading, and or manipulative speech, whether this is speaking contemptuous things against the righteous (Psalm 31:18), or their fearlessly boasting of all their wicked endeavors, their mouths are governed by no one. Humility and restraint is a foreign language to them. Indeed they boost in themselves as if their lives and strength are in their own hands, as if no judgment can come to them. And so, they break us Your people, O Lord in pieces, they afflict us who are Your heritage. They prey upon the defenseless, the widow, the stranger, (anyone who has none to help), these they slay. Even the fatherless child is murdered by them (in their lust for control and power). But are not these the ones Your eyes are most fixed upon to bring forth Your justice and Judgment for (Exodus 22:21-24; Deut. 10:17-18). And yet they dare to openly say of You, 

“The Lord does not see, 

Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”

Vs. 8-11 ⁸Understand, you senseless among the people;

And you fools, when will you be wise?

⁹He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?

He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

¹⁰He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct,

He who teaches man knowledge?

¹¹The Lord knows the thoughts of man,

That they are futile.

Therefore, a Godly rebuke is now given them. For they are utterly senseless who oppress and mistreat the poor, they are only fools who think they can walk by their boastful mouths with immunity in the earth. For God who formed the ear does hear them, even those things that they speak in “secret”, and He remembers. And just as God hears with His ears, so He sees with His eyes. Yes, He who forms mankind and gives him hearing and sight also sees and hears them most clearly! Therefore, the Sovereign Lord God who instructs the nations, who raises up one and puts down another, shall He not correct them. Indeed, He who teaches man knowledge, who gives him the ability to learn, understand, and comprehend already knows all their thoughts, that they are futile. For they cannot outwit Him, nor can they save themselves by them, only He can.

Vs. 12-13 ¹²Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord,

And teach out of Your law,

¹³That You may give him rest from the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

How blessed then are we who know Him, who know His law, His Word by which He instructs us. For it is by the Word of the Lord that one understands justice and prudence (vs. 12). Indeed, by God’s Word we are not only given rest, but we are preserved and sanctified, “until the pit is dug for the wicked.” For Day of the Lord shall come, suddenly it shall come, like a thief in the night, and no one who is unprepared for Him shall escape. 

Vs. 14-15 ¹⁴For the Lord will not cast off His people,

Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

¹⁵But judgment will return to righteousness,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

The Scripture now reaffirms God’s Promise to all His people that He will not cast them off, nor will He forsake His inheritance. “But judgment will return to the righteous and all the upright in heart will follow it.” For when the Lord has dealt with the wicked (especially the wicked rulers) of this world, He will fill this world with righteousness, all the upright in heart will follow it.

Vs. 16 “Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?

Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?”

Therefore, the question is now asked of us all, “Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?” This then is a duty of us while we sojourn down here, to be voices for truth and justice, to be voices for God’s Word truths, to be people who bring moral and spiritual clarity by expounding God’s Word’s truth’s and not the degenerate ideals of man.

Vs. 17-19 ¹⁷Unless the Lord had been my help,

My soul would soon have settled in silence.

¹⁸If I say, “My foot slips,”

Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my anxieties within me,

Your comforts delight my soul.

In concluding this psalm their is a reflection upon the Lord's faithfulness to us all. For no one can save themselves, and this the realization that every believer comes to of themselves. Therefore it is stated for us all to reflect upon, "Unless the Lord had been my help, My soul would've soon settled in silence." For time and again the Lord has proven Himself faithful to us. From our deliverance from eternal damnation to our deliverance from…, the Lord has been my help time and again. Even when we have stumbled into sin the Lord's mercies have upheld us, opening the door for us to return to Him. Even in the midst of our many anxieties, (yes believers have anxieties), the Lord’s comforts delight my soul (vs. 19)., because knowing Him, knowing that He is always for us, always triumphs and trumps all my fears.

Vs. 20-21 ²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,

Have fellowship with You?

²¹They gather together against the life of the righteous,

And condemn innocent blood.

A question is now asked the Lord about the wicked and oppressive rulers of this world who devise evil by law (consider Isaiah 10:1-4; antithesis Isaiah 11:1-5), who legalize and legitimize sin and shame, who gather themselves together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood. For those who oppose them by standing up for what is right will only become their victims. Therefore the question is now asked of God shall these have fellowship with You? The answer is clear, God will have never fellowship with them, they will never see the Lord nor His Kingdom, for just as they gather against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood, in the end then when He Judges the world in righteousness, He will deal with them all, and repay them according to their works and according to their ways!

Vs. 22-23 ²²But the Lord has been my defense,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

²³He has brought on them their own iniquity,

And shall cut them off in their own wickedness;

The Lord our God shall cut them off.

The Psalmist though afflicted and oppressed by them now, triumphantly declares that the Lord has been his defense and that our God is the rock of his refuge. And now he foresees the day when the Lord brings them down for their own iniquity, the day when the Lord cuts them all off for their own wickedness, this assured for it is stated twice that “The Lord our God shall cut them off.”

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.

Psalm 93

 ¹The Lord reigns,

He is clothed with majesty;

The Lord is clothed,

He has girded Himself with strength.

Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.

²Your throne is established from of old;

You are from everlasting.

³The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

The floods have lifted up their voice;

The floods lift up their waves.

⁴The Lord on high is mightier

Than the noise of many waters,

Than the mighty waves of the sea.

⁵Your testimonies are very sure;

Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord, forever.

Commentary

Vs. 1 ¹The Lord reigns,

He is clothed with majesty;

The Lord is clothed,

He has girded Himself with strength.

Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.

The Lord reigns! This is every believer’s anthem and song. He is clothed with majesty and He clothes us with His majesty! For no longer is He adorned with our soiled garments of Calvary. The Lord Jesus Christ is now fully clothed in His Royal Majesty that God the Father has placed upon Him. He is girded with strength, no longer bound by the confines of mortal flesh and its death which He willingly subjected Himself too to make Himself available to us all. And so having Risen from the dead He has clothed Himself in the Strength which the world will see at His Return. For just they saw Him weakened and broken at the Cross so they will see Him in His Strength as He has always been! And when He returns and reigns the world will be established, it will not be moved, because He will Reign with justice and equity for all!

Vs. 2 “Your throne is established from of old;

You are from everlasting.”

The Throne of the Lord has always been, but it has never been on earth, but that will come from the Lord Jesus Christ when He Reigns on earth, for He is from everlasting!

Vs. 3 “The floods have lifted up, O Lord,

The floods have lifted up their voice;

The floods lift up their waves.”

The floods here metaphors for the peoples and nations who have always, and will always rebel against the Lord. For they will exalt themselves against Him and His people, they will make war against Him, but their end is assured!

Vs. 4 “The Lord on high is mightier

Than the noise of many waters,

Than the mighty waves of the sea.”

Therefore the Lord is celebrated once again, for He is mightier then them all! He is so much higher than all their noise and all their waves that for Him to look down upon them from His High Place is only to laugh at them (Psalm 37:13). For the Lord is not moved nor troubled by them, He is mightier than them all!

Vs. 5 “Your testimonies are very sure;

Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord, forever.”

The Word of the Lord will be fulfilled. He will rule and reign and all His enemies will see their end at His hand. Therefore when He cleanses the world of all that is evil, He will adorn His House with Holiness forever! 

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.

Psalm 92 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath Day.

 ¹It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

²To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,

And Your faithfulness every night,

³On an instrument of ten strings,

On the lute,

And on the harp,

With harmonious sound.

⁴For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;

I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

⁵O Lord, how great are Your works!

Your thoughts are very deep.

⁶A senseless man does not know,

Nor does a fool understand this.

⁷When the wicked spring up like grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,

It is that they may be destroyed forever.

⁸But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.

⁹For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,

For behold, Your enemies shall perish;

All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

¹⁰But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox;

I have been anointed with fresh oil.

¹¹My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies;

My ears hear my desire on the wicked

Who rise up against me.

¹²The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,

He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³Those who are planted in the house of the Lord

Shall flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴They shall still bear fruit in old age;

They shall be fresh and flourishing,

¹⁵To declare that the Lord is upright;

He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Commentary

Vs. 1-3 ¹It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

²To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,

And Your faithfulness every night,

³On an instrument of ten strings,

On the lute,

And on the harp,

With harmonious sound.

Truly it is good to give thanks to the Lord! To sing praises to the Most High! For who is more deserving of all our praise and all our gratitude than our Lord, than the Most High, who has saved and redeemed us through His Son. Therefore, brethren let us all praise Him, for His love, for His mercies, for His kindness, for His faithfulness, for His blessings and provisions for us all, for His eternal care of our souls and persons morning, day, and night. Therefore it is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to His Name, Jesus Christ’s Name. Good for our own hearts and souls, and good for all those who hear us. For these things are a witness for Him, for the truth about Him, in world that so does not know Him (vs.1). Therefore, declare His lovingkindness every morning, and His faithfulness every night. For we are never far from His love or help, His faithfulness always anchors our faith (vs. 2). And in worshiping our Lord please choose the most delightful, beautiful, brilliant sounding instruments available, to make our praise and worship to Him. For there are no restrictions on what kind of musical instruments we may use in worshiping our Lord and Savior, just as long as our worship comes together in a harmonious sound, there are no restrictions as to the form of music, or the instruments employed in our worship (vs. 3). For the whole emphasis here is on our worship being heartfeltly expressed, not on musical styles and instruments. Yes, drums and cymbals, all percussion instruments can be employed. Just let your worship be heartfelt and with reverence and it will be accepted. 

Vs. 4 “For You, Lord, have made me glad through Your work;

I will triumph in the works of Your hands.”

Truly the Lord has made me glad through His work, yes in saving me and bringing me to life through His Son Jesus Christ, but also through His ongoing transformation of my person through His Holy Spirit. The ongoing sanctification of my person that will only be completed when I am finally at home in heaven (Phil. 4:13). Therefore, I will triumph in the work of our Lord's hands, for it is His hand that continually upholds me, even in the face of overwhelming opposition.

Vs. 5-6 ⁵O Lord, how great are Your works!

Your thoughts are very deep.

⁶A senseless man does not know,

Nor does a fool understand this.

When we reflect upon the Lord we are in awe of Him! For being in awe of the Lord comes through observing the Lord, seeing His great and mighty works. Indeed, when one’s eyes are opened, they will not only see the Lord, but they will understand His Word, and when one does one is most awed and thankful. In contrast to that though is the senseless person who does not know the Lord, nor His Works, nor His ways. For they cannot bear His Word therefore they only live by their godless desires and reasonings, which always leads them to error. Same with the fool who always thinks themselves wise while only walking in darkness, while only living completely devoid of God’s illuminating light and life, they then are only “wise” in their own yes, no one else. Their ways and "wisdom" then perishes with them. 

"Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom,

And to depart from evil is understanding"  Job 28:28

Vs. 7 “When the wicked spring up like grass,

And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,

It is that they may be destroyed forever.

God’s Word now has a word for them all! That though such will spring up like the grass and all the workers of iniquity will flourish; for in this world they are “wisdom” of it. Yet it is only so that they may be destroyed forever. God’s silence for a season is never His indifference to them. Their brief time and exaltation is now, but His Word and His Judgment is forever! 

Vs. 8-9 ⁸But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.

⁹For behold, Your enemies, O Lord,

For behold, Your enemies shall perish;

All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

The Lord is now exalted above the man and woman of the earth, whose lives, beauty and vitality are all very temporary, for He alone is the Lord set on high forevermore. Therefore, the Scripture promises that all the enemies of the Lord shall perish, and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. Even though they united themselves down here in their godless defense of vileness and sin, yet when God judges them, they and their works will be a forever forgotten thing.

Vs. 10-11 ¹⁰But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox;

I have been anointed with fresh oil.

¹¹My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies;

My ears hear my desire on the wicked

Who rise up against me.

With the assured destruction of the wicked given. The horn of all who live righteously is now exalted, our vitality now being compared with the strength of a wild ox. Indeed, being anointed with fresh oil could be thought of as Holy Spirit regeneration of everyone of us who repents and believes, for that is what the Gospel offers us all, a chance to be born-again and live as God would have us all live and be. If you are a sinner now you do not have to die one, you can be saved from your sins and ultimately be saved from the wrath to come, come to the Lord Jesus Christ and find life, peace, rest, and renewal for your soul (Matt. 11:28-30). Justice too is also assured us all who live righteously, that God will give us justice. For ultimately everyone who has come to Christ will see their desires on their enemies, will hear with their ears their desires on the wicked, will see justice done to all who rise against us, amen.

Vs. 12-15 ¹²The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,

He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³Those who are planted in the house of the Lord

Shall flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴They shall still bear fruit in old age;

They shall be fresh and flourishing,

¹⁵To declare that the Lord is upright;

He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

God’s promise of the righteous flourishing is now declared. For with all the wicked judged and removed from Christ’s Kingdom it will be a place where all those who know Him shall flourish like a palm tree. Indeed, we will all grow tall and strong like the ancient cedars of Lebanon (vs. 12). For we will be planted in the house of the Lord and we shall all flourish in the courts of our God (vs. 13). Even in our old age we will still be bearing fruit, and our person will be fresh and flourishing, to declare that the Lord is upright, he is my rock and there is no unrighteousness with Him.

Scripture Quotations

New King James (1982): Thomas Nelson.