For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalm 92 is a psalm for the Sabbath day that recounts divine power and goodness, and the declaration that the enemies shall perish and be scattered belongs to that account. It is part of a call to worship invested in one day and one day only, the seventh day. That call is an injunction and promise for the Sabbath with no application in any way to the first day of the week. The Sabbath it celebrates is a day of rest and refreshment spent in rejoicing and praising the Lord, so that having to flee on that day would be more tedious because it breaks that rest. The psalm is also linked with the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives and with assurance of divine help and final deliverance from their persecutors.
The verse declares that the enemies of the Lord shall perish and that all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. The wicked and the workers of iniquity are God's enemies, and their flourishing is only temporary. Persistent disobedience ends in destruction.
In this verse to perish means to be destroyed and come to an end of existence, not to continue forever in conscious suffering and misery. This judgment warns people to fear the Lord and keep His commandments. The description of workers of iniquity applies to actors, and to those who keep company with them by attending the theater.
Psalm 92 is a psalm for the Sabbath day that recounts divine power and goodness, and the declaration that the enemies shall perish and be scattered belongs to that account. It is part of a call to worship invested in one day and one day only, the seventh day. That call is an injunction and promise for the Sabbath with no application in any way to the first day of the week. The Sabbath it celebrates is a day of rest and refreshment spent in rejoicing and praising the Lord, so that having to flee on that day would be more tedious because it breaks that rest. The psalm is also linked with the sorrows and afflictions of the Hebrew captives and with assurance of divine help and final deliverance from their persecutors.
The verse declares that the enemies of the Lord shall perish and that all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. The wicked and the workers of iniquity are God's enemies, and their flourishing is only temporary. Persistent disobedience ends in destruction.
In this verse to perish means to be destroyed and come to an end of existence, not to continue forever in conscious suffering and misery. This judgment warns people to fear the Lord and keep His commandments. The description of workers of iniquity applies to actors, and to those who keep company with them by attending the theater.