Psalm 92 Summary - 5 Minute Bible Study

Psalm 92 Short Summary:

Psalm 92 is a psalm celebrating God’s love, faithfulness, and all-wise nature. The psalmist contrasts the “stupid man” against the vast wisdom of God. Foolish evil men spring up like the grass but are quickly wiped away, but those who make their home in the house of God flourish under His blessing.

Psalm 92 Summary

AUTHOR:

• The author of Psalm 92 is unknown.

NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:

• No Known New Testament References.

THEMES:

• It is good to worship and give thanks to the Lord continually.

• The wisdom of God vs. the stupidity of evil men.

• The flourishing of the righteous who are blessed by God.

DEFINITIONS:

• Horn (92:10) - A bull’s horns are a symbol of his strength. The Bible occasionally uses the term “horn” in a similar way but regarding men. A person’s horn is their strength.

OUTLINE:

• GIVE THANKS TO THE ALL-WISE LORD (92:1-15):

  • According to the psalm’s introduction, Psalm 92 was a psalm written for the weekly Sabbath day (Saturday).

  • The psalmist celebrated God for making his life full of gladness and joy.

  • He reminded others that it was good to give thanks to God for His love and faithfulness.

  • He then contrasted the wisdom of God to the “stupid man” who can’t fathom God’s depth.

  • Specifically, he was talking about wicked people, these people sprout up like grass, being too foolish to perceive that God will destroy them.  

  • The psalmist wasn’t like these stupid men, he was a man of God.

  • He knew that although the wicked seemed to momentarily flourish, in the end it would be the righteous who would “flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon” (92:12).

  • By the wisdom of God, he had seen and understood the end of the wicked. He knew where God’s enemies were headed.

  • He chose to make his home in God’s house, where God strengthened him, anointed him with fresh oil, and gave him vitality into his old age.

  • He planned to use that vitality to declare what is written in verse 15, “That the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”

APPLICATION:

• You’ll never run out of reasons to worship God.

• The psalmist wrote about declaring God’s love in the morning and His faithfulness at night.

• Every morning when you wake up, you have reasons to worship.

• God brought you through yesterday and gave you another day to live.

• By the time you get to the evening, you have more reasons to worship, because you’ve observed a whole day of God’s blessings and faithfulness.

• This cycle plays on repeat everyday for the rest of your life.

• So as Christians, we should be people of thanksgiving and worship rather than people of grumbling and self-focus.

• We have abundant reason and opportunities to worship, so let’s fill up our mornings and evenings doing that instead of lesser things.