The Meaning of Psalms 92:1 Explained

Psalms 92:1

KJV: {A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

YLT: A Psalm. -- A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,

Darby: {A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day.} It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;

ASV: It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

{{A Psalm  [or] Song  for the sabbath  day.  }} [It is a] good  [thing] to give thanks  unto the LORD,  and to sing praises  unto thy name,  O most High: 

What does Psalms 92:1 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 92:1-15 - Gladness And Growth
The inscription alludes to the suitability of this psalm for the Sabbath day. Psalms 92:1-3 contain the general statement of the desirability of praise and thanksgiving. Psalms 92:4-5 suggest that God's work in creation, providence, and grace should elicit perpetual thanksgiving; but that the thoughts and purposes which underlie them are too deep for our fathoming.
Two classes of men are here mentioned: the brutish and wicked, Psalms 92:6-9; the servants of God, Psalms 92:10-15. The former are like grass, which soon grows to maturity and is then cut down; the latter are as the palm and cedar. There is no part of the palm which is not utilized in some way. The cedar is one of the largest of living trees. A thousand years is no uncommon duration, and its fiber is practically incorruptible.
The witness of an aged saint to the faithfulness of God is very delightful. When Charles H. Spurgeon was a young man, he was preaching upon this subject in his grandfather's pulpit. Halfway through the sermon, the veteran man of God advanced to the front and said, "My grandson is preaching what he has read and heard about; but I have proved for eighty-four years that God is faithful to His servants and true to His Word. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 92

1  The prophet exhorts to praise God
4  For his great works
6  For his judgments on the wicked
10  And for his goodness to the godly

What do the individual words in Psalms 92:1 mean?

A Psalm a Song for day The Sabbath [it is] good to give thanks to Yahweh and to sing praises to Your name Most High
מִזְמ֥וֹר שִׁ֗יר לְי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת ט֗וֹב לְהֹד֥וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה וּלְזַמֵּ֖ר לְשִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן

מִזְמ֥וֹר  A  Psalm 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְמֹור  
Sense: melody, psalm.
שִׁ֗יר  a  Song 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁיר 
Sense: song.
לְי֣וֹם  for  day 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשַּׁבָּֽת  The  Sabbath 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
ט֗וֹב  [it  is]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לְהֹד֥וֹת  to  give  thanks 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
לַיהוָ֑ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וּלְזַמֵּ֖ר  and  to  sing  praises 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: זָמַר  
Sense: to sing, sing praise, make music.
לְשִׁמְךָ֣  to  Your  name 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
עֶלְיֽוֹן  Most  High 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עֶלְיׄון 
Sense: high, upper.