Psalm 92

Commonplace –

“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High” (Psalm 92:1).

“Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him” (Psalm 92:13-15).

The title of this psalm, “A psalm or song for the sabbath day” indicates that it “was appointed to be sung, in the house of the sanctuary on the sabbath day, that day of rest, which was an instituted memorial of the work of creation, of God’s rest from that work, and the continuance of it in his providence” (Henry 482-483). I had never considered Sunday quite in that way, as a ‘memorial of the work of creation’.

Yet the psalmist notes, we must “shew forth [God’s] lovingkindness in the morning, and [His] faithfulness every night” (Psalm 92:2). Our thanksgiving is not confined to Sunday during the public assembly but also we must continue praising God and being thankful within our own home. Matthew Henry notes,

“We must begin and end every day with praising God, must give Him thanks every morning, when we are fresh and before the business of the day comes in upon us, and every night, when we are again composed and retired, and are recollecting ourselves; we must give him thanks every morning for the mercies of the night and every night for the mercies of the day; going out and coming in we must bless God” (Henry 483).

It is good to keep a thankfulness journal and record in it daily specific instances in one’s own life in which we are thankful for God’s provision. When the day begins this way, it sets our minds and hearts on God and acknowledges His portion. When the day ends with thankfulness, it, again, sets our mind on God and His provision. In this way, we practice thankfulness to Him and in so doing set our own hearts at ease.

Works Cited

Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 92.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

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