to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
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to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
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To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
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(92-3) To declare Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness in the night seasons,
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Passages linked to Psalms 92:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
- Psalms 89:1-2 I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 63:7 I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Psalms 42:8 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
- Acts 16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Psalms 71:15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Psalms 145:2 Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
- Job 35:10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
- Psalms 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For God’s mercy and fidelity in his promises toward…
For God’s mercy and fidelity in his promises toward his, bind them to praise him continually both day and night.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the…
Psa 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Ver. 2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning] Every morning, that God may have the firstfruits of the day, but especially on the sabbath morning, when we awake and rise, ad quietem et ad delicias animi et corporis, as Kimchi here hath it. The Jews bless God at the sabbath’s coming in and going out.
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And thy faithfulness in the night] Breaking our sleep for that purpose; yea, we must be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, Pro 23:17, how much more on the sabbath day! then our whole work must be ravished in spirit, doing no work, but such as whereby we either bless God or look to receive a blessing from God; none but such as wherein we would the Lord should find us at his coming; which Lactantius saith will be on the sabbath day.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To adore and celebrate thy goodness and truth continually,…
To adore and celebrate thy goodness and truth continually, and especially at those two solemn times of morning and evening, which on every day, and especially upon the sabbath day, were devoted to the worship and service of God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,.... God…
To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,.... God has shown forth his lovingkindness in Christ, and Christ has shown it in a ministerial way; and saints should show it forth also with their lips, to warm the hearts of one another, and encourage distressed minds; this should be a part, and a considerable one, of their thanksgiving and praise; as it will appear to be, when the objects of it are considered, not angels, but men, and these the worst and vilest; the instances of it in election, redemption, calling, adoption, and eternal life; and the freeness, earliness, and immovableness of it; and this is to be done in the "morning", not of the sabbath day only, but every other day, giving praise and thanks for the mercies of the night. Jarchi interprets it of the time of salvation:
and thy faithfulness every night: or "in the nights" (b); not the night and goings out of the sabbath only, so Arama; but every other night, observing and declaring the faithfulness and truth of God in his counsels and covenant, in his word and promises, and in the preservation of his people, and the continuance of favours to them; particularly praising his name, and giving thanks unto him openly for the mercies of the day past: morning and night being mentioned may have some respect to the morning and evening sacrifices; and may signify that our sacrifices of praise should be offered up to God continually, Heb 13:15.
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(b) "in noetibus", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, &c.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. To show forth thy loving-kindness] חסדך chasdecha,…
Verse 2. To show forth thy loving-kindness] חסדך chasdecha, thy abundant mercy, in the morning - that has preserved me throughout the night, and brought me to the beginning of a new day: and thy faithfulness in the night, that has so amply fulfilled the promise of preservation during the course of the day. This verse contains a general plan for morning and evening prayer.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain To show forth thy loving-kindness - To celebrate thy…
To show forth thy loving-kindness - To celebrate thy mercy; thy goodness; thy love.
In the morning - That is, there is a fitness in doing this in the morning; or, there are special reasons why we should do this at that time.
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(a) We have been preserved through the dangers of the night; dangers when we were asleep, unconscious, and defenseless.
(b) Life is then, as it were, a new gift - for we are raised from “the image of death” - sleep - and we should regard life then “as if” we had been raised from the dead.
(c) To praise God in the morning will have a good influence on us, in promoting cheerfulness; in making us benignant and kind; in preparing us for the toils and trials of the day.
There is no better preparation for a day, in view of its burdens, cares, toils, and trials, than a thankful, cheerful mind in the morning. He who begins a day with a sour, a morose, a complaining, an irritable spirit - who has been preserved through the night, and sees nothing to be thankful for in the morning - will be a miserable man through the day, and will make all miserable around him. He who sees nothing to be thankful for in the morning will see nothing to hope for in the day; he who has no gratitude for the past, will have no bright anticipations of the future.
And thy faithfulness - Faithfulness in the laws of nature; in thy promises; in thy character: in thy providential dealings with people.
Every night - Margin, in the nights.” The reference is to the return of evening; and the meaning is, that it is a good thing, or that it is appropriate to contemplate the faithfulness of God at the close of every day.
(a) The mind is then calm, after the toils of the day are over.
(b) The time - evening - its stillness - its twilight - its approaching darkness - all is favorable for reflection.
(c) There is much in every day to be thankful for, and it is well to recall it at night.
(d) It has a happy effect on the mind when we are about to lie down to rest, to recall the mercies of God; to reflect on what he has done for us; to gather, from his kindness in the past, lessons of confidence and hope for the times to come.
We lie down at night more calmly in proportion as we are disposed at the close of a day to think of the mercies which we have received at the hand of God; and the recalling of those mercies to remembrance with the voice, and with instruments of praise, is always an appropriate mode of closing a day.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Morning… night—Daily, special, and constant. An allusion to…
2. Morning… night—Daily, special, and constant. An allusion to the daily morning and evening sacrifice, when the people went up to the temple to worship, or at these hours (about 9 A.M. and 3 P.M.) observed the time in prayer at home.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. Morning and evening are natural times for prayer…
2. Morning and evening are natural times for prayer (Psa_5:3; Psa_63:6; Psa_55:17, &c.); lovingkindness and faithfulness are the attributes which move God to make and keep His covenant with His people (Psa_89:1, note). The division of the verse into two parallel clauses is rhythmical, not logical (cp. Psa_90:16), but there is an appropriateness in the connexion of lovingkindness with the morning (Psa_30:5; Psa_59:16; Psa_90:14; Lam_3:23), and faithfulness with the night.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Lovingkindness . . . faithfulness.—The two most prominent…
(2) Lovingkindness . . . faithfulness.—The two most prominent features in the display of the covenant relation of God towards His people. The connection of lovingkindness or grace with the morning, and faithfulness or truth with the evening, is only a result of the Hebrew poetic style; and yet there is a fitness in the association. Love breaks through the clouds of doubt as the morning light rises on the night; and thoughts of God’s unerring and impartial justice best suit the evening—the trial time of the day.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain To show forth thy loving kindness in the morning,…
To show forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night. The suitableness of worship every morning and evening has been almost universally felt. The Mosaic Law provided for it by the establishment of the morning and evening sacrifice, (Exo_29:38, Exo_29:39) with the accompanying ritual. Jewish piety added a noonday prayer, (Psa_55:17 Dan_6:10) and Christian zeal established the "seven hours of prayer." Morning and evening still, however, remain, by common acknowledgment, the most appropriate times for worship.
Morning and evening exercises.
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I FOR THE MORNING.
1. It is to show forth the Lord"s loving kindness. What a beautiful word this "loving kindness" is! It has been noticed by all devout readers of these psalms. One says, "It is a duplicate deliciousness; there are within it linked sweetnesses long drawn out. It is a kind of word with which to cast spells which should charm away all fears," Some have derived the word "kindness" from kinned ness," the feeling which we cherish to those who are near to us in our own families. And God"s kindness to his people is because he has made them of his own kin. He bids us call him "Father," and he has given us "power to become sons of God". (Joh_1:12) And forasmuch as amongst us the fact of being a man"s "kin" may not involve, often does not, that he should be to us "kind," therefore God"s kindness is spoken of as loving kindness. A woman may show kindness to poor people, hut to her own dear child she will show loving kindness a much warmer and more tender feeling. And this is that which God cherishes and manifests towards us. Nature, providence, and grace all attest this. It is not true that Nature is immoral, harsh, bitterly cruel, "red in tooth and claw," and needing to he supplemented by the gospel of Christ, if the character of its Creater is to be regarded as beneficent (see Drummond"s "Ascent of Man"). There is another and a gentler side belonging to it. And providence, if we will but remember its educational purpose, and the graciousness of its common dealings, will give clear testimony to the loving kindness of the Lord. And so, chief of all, will the grace of God attest this. "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that," etc.
2. And this is to be our morning theme.
(1) For then are we fresh and vigorous, and the firstfruits of the day should be offered. The clews of the Holy Spirit fall then especially.
(2) And we need preparation for all the day may bring; it is sure to bring temptation, and it may bring trial and trouble; yea, disaster and death may come. But if our hearts be filled with the sense of the loving kindness of the Lord, we are ready for all that may be in store for us.
(3) And we have had fresh proof of it in the fact of spared life and renewed strength (cf. Keble"s morning hymn). Now, all this is true of the literal morning. But if we understand by the "morning," the beginning of our life, its earlier days, what more fitting theme could there be for this morning than the loving kindness of the Lord? And so, too, of the morning after the night of sorrow, when God has cleared the clouds away. And without doubt we shall find it good to do this in the blessed resurrection morn. Let us prepare for this by showing forth God"s loving kindness now.
II FOR NIGHTFALL. God"s faithfulness is to be our theme then. And it is most fitting. For we have experienced more of it. What he promised to give he has given provision for our wants; protection; guidance; and deliverance from many a snare of the devil. He has been faithful all along.
III THE EXERCISE IS TO BE A SHOWING FORTH. In praise of heart and lip and life rendered unto him; and in open confession, and grateful obedience. S.C.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 2. To shew forth thy loving kindness in…
Ver. 2. To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning. The day should begin with praise: no hour is too early for holy song. Loving kindness is a most appropriate theme for those dewy hours when morn is sowing all the earth with orient pearl. Eagerly and promptly should we magnify the Lord; we leave unpleasant tasks as long as we can, but our hearts are so engrossed with the adoration of God that we would rise betimes to attend to it. There is a peculiar freshness and charm about early morning praises; the day is loveliest when it first opens its eyelids, and God himself seems then to make distribution of the day's manna, which tastes most sweetly if gathered ere the sun is hot. It seems most meet that if our hearts and harps have been silent through the shades of night we should be eager again to take our place among the chosen choir who ceaselessly hymn the Eternal One.
And thy faithfulness every night. No hour is too late for praise, the end of the day must not be the end of gratitude. When nature seems in silent contemplation to adore its Maker, it ill becomes the children of God to refrain their thanksgiving. Evening is the time for retrospect, memory is busy with the experience of the day, hence the appropriate theme for song is the divine faithfulness, of which another day has furnished fresh evidences. When darkness has settled down over all things, "a shade immense", then there comes over wise men a congenial, meditative spirit, and it is most fitting that they should take an expanded view of the truth and goodness of Jehovah
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"This sacred shade and solitude, what is it?
It is the felt presence of the Deity."
"Every night, "clouded or clear, moonlit or dark, calm or tempestuous, is alike suitable for a song upon the faithfulness of God, since in all seasons, and under all circumstances, it abides the same, and is the mainstay of the believer's consolation. Shame on us that we are so backward in magnifying the Lord, who in the daytime scatters bounteous love, and in the night season walks his rounds of watching care.
Ver. 2. In the morning. When indeed the mind after the rest of the night is more active, devoted and constant. In other parts of the day, as at noon, or in the afternoon, many sounds of business disturb, and greater lassitude oppresses. Compare Ps 5:4 59:17 58:2 88:14 Ps 119:147-148, where this same part of the day is celebrated as the fittest for sacred meditations. However, this ought not to be taken exclusively, as if, in the morning alone, and not also at noon or in the evening, it was suitable to celebrate divine grace. Martin Geier.
Ver. 2. In the morning. The Brahmins rise three hours before the sun, to pray. The Indians would esteem it a great sin to eat in the morning before praying to their gods. The ancient Romans considered it impious if they had not a little chamber, in their house, appropriated to prayer. Let us take a lesson from these Turks and heathen; their zealous ardour ought to shame us. Because we possess the true light, should their zeal surpass ours? Frederic Arndt, in "Lights of the Morning", 1861.
Ver. 2. To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning. Our praise ought to be suitably arranged. In the time of prosperity or the morning we should declare thy lovingkindness, because whatever of prosperity we have proceeds from the mercy and grace of God; and in the time of adversity or night, we should declare thy justice or faithfulness, because whatever adversity happens to us is ordained by the just judgment of God. J. Turrecremata.
Ver. 2. God's mercy is itself the morning ray, which scatters away darkness (Ps 3:5 59:16); his faithfulness the guardian, that assures us against night peril. F. Delitzsch.
Ver. 2. In the morning, and...every night. God is Alpha and Omega. It is fit we should begin and end the day with his praise, who begins and ends it for us with mercy. Well, thou seest thy duty plainly laid before thee. As thou wouldst have God prosper thy labour in the day, and sweeten thy rest in the night, clasp them both together with thy morning and evening devotions. He that takes no care to set forth God's portion of time in the morning, doth not only rob God of his due, but is a thief to himself all the day after, by losing the blessing which a faithful prayer might bring from heaven on his undertakings. And he that closes his eyes at night without prayer, lies down before his bed is made. William Gurnall.
Ver. 2. Thy faithfulness (Vulg. `veritas, ')every night. Truth can be taken in its proper signification. Thus St. Jerome on our Psalm takes it, and says: "The truth of the Lord is announced in the night, as if it were wrapped up in some verbal obscurities. In an enigma it is spoken, and in parables; that seeing, they should not see, and hearing, they should not understand. Moses ascended Mount Sinai, Ex 24:9, and passed into the tempest and into the blackness and darkness, and there spake with the Lord." Thus Jerome. Christ brings back the light to us, as Lactantius teaches. Shall we wait, says he, till Socrates shall know something? Or Anaxagoras find light in the darkness? Or Democritus draw forth the truth from a well? Or till Empedocles expands the paths of his soul? Or Ascesilas and Carneades see, feel, and perceive? Behold a voice from heaven teaches us the truth, and reveals it more clearly to us than the sun himself ...In the night truth is to be shown forth, that the night may be turned into day. Le Blanc.
Ver. 2.
1. Our praises of God should be intelligent, declaring his varied attributes.
2. Seasonable, declaring each attribute in appropriate time.
3. Continual, every night, and every day.
Psalms 92:3*
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Morning and evening songs
The Jews have for a long while used this psalm in their Sabbath worship; and this, not because there is much if any allusion to Sabbatic rest in it, but because it is fitting that on that day above all others our thoughts should be lifted up from all earthly things to God Himself. It is a psalm of praise, and this should be the Christians continual exercise. And we should avoid all slovenliness and formalism in our praise; and as before prayer it is well to pause and consider what we are going to ask for, so in praise we should not rush upon it helter-skelter, but engage in it with prepared hearts. Thus the psalmist would have us offer praise; not mere praise, but varied praise, praise with distinct subjects at appointed seasons. Note, then--
I. Morning worship. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning. There cannot be more suitable time for praise than this. Every morning is a sort of resurrection. We are full of vigour then. Let us give the Lord the bud of the day, its virgin beauty, its unsullied purity. The morning is the choice time. And so is it with the morning of our life. Nothing can happen to you who are young so blessed as to be converted now, while you are young. And the bright morning-like periods of our life--these, too, should be seasons for showing forth Gods lovingkindness. We have our darker hours, our more sombre seasons, but when the joy days come, let us always consecrate them by praise to the giver of them. Do not, as some do, who, if they are prospering, make a point of not owning to it. We often whine as if our lives were martyrdoms, and every breath a woe, thus slandering the good Lord. There are bright days like the morning, and in them we ought to render praise. And see what is to be the subject of our praise--Gods lovingkindness. Was there ever such a word in any language as this word lovingkindness? It is a duplicate deliciousness. There are within it linked sweetnesses long drawn out. It is a kind of word with which to cast spells which should charm away all fears. And this lovingkindness we are to show forth; we are not to keep it to ourselves. I do not mean by talking of it to every one he meets, casting pearls before swine, as it would be to some men, but by the very way in which he speaks, acts, and looks. A Christian ought to be the most cheerful of men. Let the joy of the Lord be our strength.
II. Evening worship,--to show forth Thy faithfulness every night. The evening is the Sabbath of the day, and should be the Lords. And our subject should be Gods faithfulness, for we have had more experience of it. Notice that the text says every night, the dark, drear, cold nights as well as others. Let the old who are nearing the night of life show forth the Lords faithfulness. And let us all publish it abroad. If there be any one topic on which Christians should speak, it is this, and they should speak of it bravely, continuously, thankfully and positively. Satan makes a dead set upon it in the minds of many tempted ones, and therefore all the more should you bring the strength of your testimony that God doth not forsake His people. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Morning and night set to music
I. A general statement (Psa_92:1). To give thanks unto the Lord--
1. Is in harmony with the original design of creation (Job_38:7). Sin has brought discord with it into the world; but it is supremely a good thing to add to the worlds harmonies, and not to its discords.
2. Is the highest expression of human service.
(1) It is good for a man when he learns to give, to feel that he has so much of blessing as that he can afford to give out of the fulness that is in him: good for him to forget himself, and to think of some one whom he feels a yearning desire to bless.
(2) It is good to give thanks. A grand thing when man has that delicacy of feeling that enables him to appreciate a blessing, to recognize its source, its value, and in return acknowledge his own indebtedness.
(3) Further, it is good to give thanks unto the Lord. Anything that brings man into contact with God, everything that reciprocates the relationship between man and God, is ennobling. God gives. In thanks I give something back.
3. Imparts joy to the heart of the Lord Himself. All that we know of the heart of God teaches us that He yearns for this response.
II. Details.
1. The morning song. To show forth Gods lovingkindness in the morning is a grand exercise, when the energies of life are refreshed once more; when the morning dew rests upon mind and heart; when everything is vigorous; and when the days toils have not taken the spring and vivacity out of your spirit.
2. The evening song. To show forth . . . Thy faithfulness every night. The faithfulness represents the strong side, the robust aspect, of Divine goodness. It expresses the fidelity of God; His strong adherence to His promise. This represents the more fatherly aspect of His goodness: the power that sustained you in the struggle of the day. (D. Davies.)
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