诗篇 92:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

詩一首，安息日的歌。稱謝耶和華，歌頌你至高者的名；

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
（ 安 息 日 的 诗 歌 。 ） 称 谢 耶 和 华 ！ 歌 颂 你 至 高 者 的 名 ！

Contextual Overview

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A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

It is good to praise you, Lord , to sing praises to God Most High. ² It is good to tell of your love in the morning and of your loyalty at night. ³ It is good to praise you with the ten-stringed lyre and with the soft-sounding harp. ⁴ Lord , you have made me happy by what you have done; I will sing for joy about what your hands have done. ⁵ Lord , you have done such great things! How deep are your thoughts! ⁶ Stupid people don't know these things, and fools don't understand.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for: Isaiah 58:13, Isaiah 58:14, Hebrews 4:9, *marg. Revelation 4:8-11

good: Psalms 33:1, Psalms 50:23, Psalms 52:9, Psalms 54:6, Psalms 73:28, Psalms 107:1, Psalms 107:8, Psalms 107:15, Psalms 107:21, Psalms 107:22, Psalms 135:3, Psalms 147:1, Ephesians 5:19, Hebrews 13:15

most: Psalms 92:8, Psalms 82:6, Isaiah 57:15, Daniel 4:34-37, Daniel 5:18, Acts 7:48, Acts 7:49

Reciprocal: Numbers 28:9 - General 1 Kings 10:12 - harps 1 Chronicles 15:16 - lifting up 1 Chronicles 23:30 - every morning 1 Chronicles 25:1 - harps 1 Chronicles 25:3 - to give thanks 2 Chronicles 9:11 - harps Nehemiah 12:27 - thanksgivings Psalms 7:17 - most Psalms 46:4 - most Psalms 56:2 - most Psalms 71:22 - psaltery Psalms 108:2 - Awake Psalms 145:6 - I will declare thy greatness Psalms 147:7 - General Isaiah 40:31 - they that Lamentations 3:26 - good Daniel 3:10 - the cornet Daniel 4:2 - I thought it good 2 Corinthians 9:15 - Thanks Ephesians 5:4 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,.... For all mercies, temporal and spiritual; for Christ, and salvation by him; for the Gospel, and for Gospel opportunities and ordinances; for, such days and seasons this psalm was composed for. It is "good" so to do, for it is the will of God that we should in and for every thing give thanks; it is due unto him, and is our reasonable service; it is well pleasing unto God through Christ; it is pleasant work for the saints themselves, and is profitable unto them; to be thankful for what they have is the way to have more. Kimchi connects this with the title; the sabbath day is good to give thanks unto the Lord; it is a very fit opportunity for such service; when a man is at leisure from worldly business, and his heart is engaged in spiritual exercises, and especially when it is warmed with the love of God:

and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High; a name and epithet of God, suitable to his majesty and glory, to his supereminence over all his creatures, and the place where he dwells, and to whom the highest praises are due; these two phrases, giving thanks, and singing praise, are much the same; only with this difference, the former may be done in prayer, and without the modulation of the voice, as well as with it; the latter only with it; hence these two are mentioned as distinct things in Ephesians 5:19.

a Zohar in Gen. fol. 43. 2. Vajikra Rabba, s. 10. fol. 153. 4. See the Targum in Cant. i. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord - literally, “Good is it to give thanks unto Jehovah.” That is, the act is appropriate; the effect is good.

(1) The thing itself is appropriate, for there is much, under all circumstances, to be thankful for: life, health, food, raiment, air, water, friends, recollections, hopes - and, above all, the blessings of redemption, and the assurance that we may be happy forever. Many of these things may be found in the condition of all; but if all else fail, the hope of heaven - the assurance that the Redeemer died - the offer of salvation - cannot fail. That is ours, and cannot be taken away.

(2) The effect is good. It is a desirable state of mind. It tends to happiness, contentment, peace. A gloomy mind makes all things around more gloomy; an unthankful mind is an unhappy mind; a murmuring, complaining, dissatisfied mind makes its possessor wretched, and all around him miserable.

(3) It is good as it is due to God. For all his favor we should be thankful - and all that we enjoy is his gift.

(4) It tends much to lessen the real troubles and afflictions of life to dwell on those things for which we should be thankful.

And to sing praises unto thy name - Unto thee. As this psalm was designed for the “Sabbath day,” this proves that one of the appropriate services of the Sabbath is “praise.” It is a day when it is fit to recall the mercies of God to our recollection; and the remembrance of those mercies, and their celebration by appropriate songs, tend to diffuse joy over all the coming days of the week.

O Most High - God exalted over all. The fact that “he” is exalted over all - over us - over our friends - over all worlds - is an appropriate thought when we come before him to praise him; appropriate at all times, and in all circumstances of life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM XCII

The psalmist shows the duty and advantage of praising God, 1-3;

speaks of the grandeur of God's works, 4-6;

the fall of the wicked, 7-9;

the happiness of the righteous, 10-14;

and all this founded on the perfections of God.

NOTES ON PSALM XCII

The title, A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath, gives no information concerning the time, occasion, or author. The Chaldee, has "Praise, and a song which the first man spoke concerning the Sabbath:" but this is an idle conceit; and, though entertained by some rabbins, has been followed by none of the Versions. Calmet supposes the Psalm to have been composed by some of the Levites during or near the close of the Babylonish captivity, acknowledging the mercy of God, and foreseeing the desolation of their enemies, and their own return to Jerusalem, and their temple service.

Verse Psalms 92:1. It is a good thing to give thanks — This Psalm begins very abruptly. Good to confess unto the Lord. He had been acknowledging God's goodness, and praising him for his mercy; and now he breaks out and tells how good he felt this employment to be.