The Meaning of Psalms 92:11 Explained

Psalms 92:11

KJV: 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.

YLT: And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.

Darby: And mine eye shall see its desire on mine enemies; mine ears shall hear it of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

ASV: Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Psalms 92:11 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 92:11 mean?

And has seen [my desire] My eye on my enemies who rise up against me on the wicked hear [my desire] My ears
וַתַּבֵּ֥ט עֵינִ֗י בְּשׁ֫וּרָ֥י בַּקָּמִ֖ים עָלַ֥י מְרֵעִ֗ים תִּשְׁמַ֥עְנָה אָזְנָֽי

וַתַּבֵּ֥ט  And  has  seen  [my  desire] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָבַט  
Sense: to look, regard.
עֵינִ֗י  My  eye 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
בְּשׁ֫וּרָ֥י  on  my  enemies 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: שׁוּר  
Sense: watcher, enemy.
בַּקָּמִ֖ים  who  rise  up 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
עָלַ֥י  against  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מְרֵעִ֗ים  on  the  wicked 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
תִּשְׁמַ֥עְנָה  hear  [my  desire] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אָזְנָֽי  My  ears 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.

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