Psalm 92:7

Translations

Modern

…that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Traditional

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:

Literal

The wicked sprout like grass, and all the workers of iniquity blossom, to be destroyed forever and ever!

Latin

Cum exorti fuerint peccatores sicut fœnum, et apparuerint omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, ut intereant in sæculum sæculi:

Original

Hebrew

English

…that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Notes

Psalms 92:7

Even when the ungodly appear to thrive (Psalm 73:3–5), they have no future (92:9; see 1:6; 90:5–6; Isaiah 40:6–8).

Psalms 92:4–7

Fools perish because they do not understand the Lord’s great works and his eternal plans.

Psalms 92:1–15

This psalm begins with thanksgiving and praise. The Lord, the Most High, is fair and just in judging the godly and the wicked. The godly will have a bright and strong future, while the wicked will die.

Wise people see and understand the Lord's actions, which show his justice (Psalm 92:6–7, 11, 15). The wicked, like grass, are quickly destroyed (Psalm 92:7–10).

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David Wisdom Psalms

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Psalm 37:38
But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalm 73:18–20
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Psalm 37:1–2
Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Psalm 37:35–36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Jeremiah 12:1–2
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
James 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Psalm 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
Job 21:7–12
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

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Psalm 92:7

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