Psalms 92 · Verse 7

Psalms 92:7

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:

Psalms 92:7, King James Version

Psalms 92:7 in other translations

BSB	that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
WEB	though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
ASV	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.
YLT	When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity--For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
DARBY	When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
BBE	When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.
Webster	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:

What does Psalms 92:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 When the wicked spring as the grass - This is a lesson which is frequently inculcated in the sacred writings. The favor of God towards man is not to be known by outward prosperity; nor is his disapprobation to be known by the adverse circumstances in which any person may be found. When, however, we see the wicked flourish, we may take for granted that their abuse of God's mercies will cause him to cut them off as cumberers of the ground; and, dying in their sins, they are destroyed for ever.

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 bearing, but in God's trees the strength of grace does not fail with the strength of nature. The last days of the saints are sometimes their best days, and their last work their best work: perseverance is sure evidence of sincerity. And may every sabbath, while it shows forth the Divine faithfulness, find our souls resting more and more upon the Lord our righteousness.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 92:7 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.

בִּפְרֹ֤חַbif.Ro.achwhen flourishH6524

רְשָׁעִ֨ים\׀re.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563

כְּמ֥וֹke.MolikeH3644

עֵ֗שֶׂב'E.sevvegetationH6212

וַ֭יָּצִיצוּVai.ya.tzi.tzuand they blossomedH6692

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

פֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.lei[those who] doH6466

אָ֑וֶן'A.ven<of> wickednessH205

לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥םle.hi.sha.me.Damto be destroyed theyH8045

עֲדֵי\־'a.dei-untilH5703

עַֽד\׃'AdperpetuityH5704

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

Cross references for Psalms 92:7

Psalms 37:38
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Psalms 37:1-2
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
James 1:10-11
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Malachi 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job 21:7-12
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

wicked.
37:1,2,35,38; 90:5,6; 103:15,16; Isa 37:27; 40:6,7; Jas 1:10,11
1Pe 1:24
workers.
73:12,18-20; Job 12:6; 21:7-12; Jer 12:1,2; Mal 3:15; 4:1
it is that.
37:35,36,38; 73:18-20; 1Sa 25:36-38; Pr 1:32; Lu 16:19-25

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Context

Psalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 92:7
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:
Psalms 92:8
But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.

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Psalms 92:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Que brotan los impíos como la hierba, y florecen todos los que obran iniquidad, para ser destruídos para siempre.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’homme stupide ne le connaît pas, et l’insensé ne le comprend pas.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wenn die Gesetzlosen sprossen wie Gras, und alle, die Frevel tun, blühen, so geschieht es, damit sie vertilgt werden für immer.