Psalms 92 · Verse 10

Psalms 92:10

But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Psalms 92:10, King James Version

Psalms 92:10 in other translations

BSBBut You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
WEBBut you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
ASVBut my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
YLTAnd Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.
DARBYBut my horn shalt thou exalt like a buffalo's: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
BBEBut my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head.
WebsterBut my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

What does Psalms 92:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 92:9-10

9-10. A further contrast with the wicked, in the lot of the righteous, safety and triumph.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Like the horn of a unicorn - ראים reeym, perhaps here, the oryx or buffalo. But the rhinoceros seems to be the real monoceros of the Scriptures. I shall be anointed unth fresh oil - Perhaps the allusion is here not to any sacramental anointing, but to such anointings as were frequent among the Asiatics, especially after bathing, for the purpose of health and activity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 92:7-15

God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish but for a moment. Let us seek for ourselves the salvation and grace of the gospel, that being daily anointed by the Holy Spirit, we may behold and share the Redeemer's glory. It is from his grace, by his word and Spirit, that believers receive all the virtue that keeps them alive, and makes them fruitful. Other trees, when old, leave off…

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Psalms 92:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתָּ֣רֶםva.Ta.remand you have raised upH7311
כִּרְאֵ֣יםkir.'Eimlike a wild oxH7214
קַרְנִ֑יkar.Nihorn myH7161
בַּ֝לֹּתִ֗יba.lo.TiI have been anointedH1101
בְּשֶׁ֣מֶןbe.She.menwith oilH8081
רַעֲנָֽן\׃ra.'a.NanfreshH7488

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 92:10

  • Psalms 23:5

    Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

  • Psalms 89:17

    For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

  • Psalms 45:7

    Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:21

    Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

  • Psalms 75:10

    All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

  • 1 John 2:20

    But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

  • 1 Samuel 2:10

    The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

  • Psalms 112:9

    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  • Psalms 89:24

    But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

  • Numbers 24:8

    God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

  • 1 Samuel 2:1

    And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

  • Numbers 23:22

    God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But.
89:17,24; 112:9; 132:17; 148:14; 1Sa 2:1,10; Lu 1:69
an unicorn.
Nu 23:22; 24:8; 1Jo 2:20
I shall.
23:5; 45:7; 2Co 1:21

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Context

  • Psalms 92:9

    For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

  • Psalms 92:10

    But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

  • Psalms 92:11

    Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

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Psalms 92:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero tú ensalzarás mi cuerno como el de unicornio: seré ungido con aceite fresco.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car voici, tes ennemis, ô Éternel! car voici, tes ennemis périront, tous les ouvriers d’iniquité seront dispersés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber du wirst mein Horn erhöhen gleich dem eines Büffels; mit frischem Öle werde ich übergossen werden.