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<i>it is</i> that they shall be destroyed for ever:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/92.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, <i>It is</i> that they may be destroyed forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/92.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did injustice flourished, It <i>was only</i> that they might be destroyed forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/92.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/92.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />That when the wicked sprouted up like grass, And all who did iniquity flourished, It <i>was only</i> that they might be destroyed forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/92.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />That when the wicked flourished like grass And all <i>the</i> workers of iniquity blossomed, It <i>was only</i> that they might be destroyed forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/92.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />That though the wicked sprout up like grass And all evildoers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/92.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/92.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/92.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/92.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Though the wicked sprout and spread like grass, they will be pulled up by their roots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/92.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/92.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />that wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers blossom [like flowers], only to be destroyed forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/92.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/92.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/92.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/92.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/92.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/92.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/92.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/92.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When the wicked flourish as an herb, "" And all workers of iniquity blossom—For their being destroyed forever and ever!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/92.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/92.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the putting forth of the unjust as grass, and all working iniquity shall flourish; to destroy them even to forever:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/92.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/92.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 91:8>when sinners will have risen up like grass, and when all those who work iniquity will have appeared, that they shall pass away, age after age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/92.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though the wicked flourish like grass and all sinners thrive, They are destined for eternal destruction; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/92.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/92.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/92.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />When the wicked have sprung up like grass and all workers of evil sprout, they shall be destroyed to an eternity of eternities.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/92.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When the wicked spring up as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they may be destroyed for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/92.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; <i>it is</i> that they may be utterly destroyed for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/92-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=11672" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/92.htm">How Great Are Your Works</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">that though the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/6524.htm" title="6524: bip̄·rō·aḥ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to break forth as a bud, i.e. Bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly; figuratively, to flourish.">sprout</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/6212.htm" title="6212: ‘ê·śeḇ (N-ms) -- Herb, herbage. From an unused root meaning to glisten; grass.">grass,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: pō·‘ă·lê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">evildoers</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6692.htm" title="6692: way·yā·ṣî·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To twinkle, glance, to blossom. A primitive root; to twinkle, i.e. Glance; by analogy, to blossom.">flourish,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (N-ms) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">they will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/5703.htm" title="5703: ‘ă·ḏê- (Prep) -- Perpetuity. From adah; properly, a terminus, i.e. duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity.">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: lə·hiš·šā·mə·ḏām (Prep-l:: V-Nifal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">destroyed.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5</a></span><br />the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2</a></span><br />For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-19</a></span><br />Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/24-20.htm">Proverbs 24:20</a></span><br />For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Isaiah 40:24</a></span><br />No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a></span><br />You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm">Matthew 13:49-50</a></span><br />So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous / and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-10.htm">James 1:10-11</a></span><br />But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. / For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12</a></span><br />These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">Isaiah 1:28</a></span><br />But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-30.htm">Job 21:30</a></span><br />Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a></span><br />Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:</p><p class="hdg">wicked</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-1.htm">Psalm 37:1,2,35,38</a></b></br> <i>A Psalm</i> of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5,6</a></b></br> Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are <i>as</i> a sleep: in the morning <i>they are</i> like grass <i>which</i> groweth up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15,16</a></b></br> <i>As for</i> man, his days <i>are</i> as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth… </p><p class="hdg">workers</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-12.htm">Psalm 73:12,18-20</a></b></br> Behold, these <i>are</i> the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase <i>in</i> riches… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-6.htm">Job 12:6</a></b></br> The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth <i>abundantly</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-7.htm">Job 21:7-12</a></b></br> Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? … </p><p class="hdg">it is that</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35,36,38</a></b></br> I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-20</a></b></br> Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/25-36.htm">1 Samuel 25:36-38</a></b></br> And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart <i>was</i> merry within him, for he <i>was</i> very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/15-33.htm">Blossom</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/91-6.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/79-11.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/psalms/90-9.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/91-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/64-2.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Flourish</a> <a href="/philippians/4-10.htm">Flourished</a> <a href="/psalms/89-52.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/89-52.htm">Forevermore</a> <a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/psalms/89-32.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/psalms/75-10.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/psalms/85-11.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/genesis/41-23.htm">Sprouted</a> <a href="/psalms/86-9.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/psalms/91-8.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/64-2.htm">Workers</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Blossom</a> <a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/94-13.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/psalms/94-23.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/92-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/92-9.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Flourish</a> <a href="/songs/6-11.htm">Flourished</a> <a href="/psalms/92-8.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/92-8.htm">Forevermore</a> <a href="/psalms/102-4.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/psalms/102-4.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/psalms/92-9.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/psalms/94-3.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/matthew/13-26.htm">Sprouted</a> <a href="/psalms/92-9.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/psalms/92-11.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/92-9.htm">Workers</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 92</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">The prophet exhorts to praise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/92-4.htm">For his great works</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">For his judgments on the wicked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">And for his goodness to the godly.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/92.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/92.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>that though the wicked sprout like grass</b><br>The imagery of grass is often used in Scripture to denote something that is temporary and fleeting. In the ancient Near East, grass would quickly sprout after rain but just as quickly wither under the sun. This metaphor highlights the transient nature of the wicked's prosperity. The wicked may appear to thrive and multiply rapidly, but their success is short-lived. This is consistent with the biblical theme that the prosperity of the wicked is temporary, as seen in <a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5</a> and <a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2</a>.<p><b>and all evildoers flourish</b><br>The flourishing of evildoers can be perplexing to the righteous, as it seems to contradict the justice of God. However, this flourishing is superficial and temporary. In the cultural context of the psalm, flourishing would imply a state of well-being and abundance, often associated with agricultural success. Yet, the psalmist reassures that this apparent success is not indicative of divine favor. This theme is echoed in <a href="/jeremiah/12.htm">Jeremiah 12:1-2</a>, where the prophet questions why the wicked prosper.<p><b>they will be forever destroyed</b><br>The ultimate fate of the wicked is destruction, a theme that runs throughout the Bible. This destruction is not merely physical but eternal, emphasizing the finality and severity of divine judgment. The phrase "forever destroyed" underscores the permanence of this judgment, contrasting with the temporary nature of their prosperity. This aligns with the eschatological teachings found in the New Testament, such as in <a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a>, where eternal punishment is contrasted with eternal life. The destruction of the wicked serves as a warning and a call to righteousness, pointing to the ultimate justice of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Refers to those who live in opposition to God's will and righteousness. In the context of this Psalm, they are compared to grass that quickly sprouts but lacks permanence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/evildoers.htm">Evildoers</a></b><br>A specific group within the wicked, characterized by their actions that are contrary to God's commands. They may appear to prosper temporarily.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed to David, the Psalmist is the one who observes and reflects on the temporary success of the wicked in contrast to their ultimate fate.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>An event that is implied in the verse, where the ultimate destruction of the wicked is assured by God's righteous judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_righteous.htm">The Righteous</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they are the implied contrast to the wicked, whose ultimate fate is different.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_wickedness.htm">The Temporary Nature of Wickedness</a></b><br>The prosperity of the wicked is like grass: it may appear lush and vibrant, but it is ultimately short-lived. This reminds us not to envy those who seem to succeed through unrighteous means.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_justice.htm">God's Sovereign Justice</a></b><br>God's justice is assured. While the wicked may flourish temporarily, their end is destruction. This should encourage believers to trust in God's timing and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_living.htm">The Importance of Righteous Living</a></b><br>In contrast to the wicked, the righteous are called to live in accordance with God's will, knowing that their reward is eternal. This should motivate us to pursue holiness and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to maintain an eternal perspective, focusing on the lasting rewards of righteousness rather than the fleeting success of wickedness.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/92.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) This verse apparently introduces the statement of the truth which the sensualist does not understand, viz., that the prosperity of the wicked is only momentary, and will render their destruction all the more impressive. The Authorised Version is incorrect in introducing the second conjunction "when." Literally, <span class= "ital">In the springing of the wicked like grass, flourish all the workers of iniquity to be destroyed for ever, i.e., </span>the prosperity of an evil class or community gives an impulse to evil, and apparently for a time iniquity seems to have the upper hand, but it is only that the inevitable destruction may be more signal. For the emblematic use of vegetable life in the psalter see Note, <a href="/context/psalms/1-3.htm" title="And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.">Psalm 1:3-4</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/92.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When the wicked spring as the grass</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "spring up" - "flourish" (see ver. 12). The difficulty is that which disturbed Job (Job 21:7-21) and Asaph (<a href="/psalms/73-2.htm">Psalm 73:2-15</a>), viz. the prosperity of the wicked. The present writer, however, is not disturbed - he sees in their prosperous condition nothing but a prelude to their overthrow. <span class="cmt_word">And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;</span> or, "do blossom." <span class="cmt_word">It is that they shall be destroyed forever;</span> literally, <span class="accented">it is for their destruction forever</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-20</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/92-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">that though the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sprout</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּפְרֹ֤חַ</span> <span class="translit">(bip̄·rō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6524.htm">Strong's 6524: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break forth as a, bud, bloom, to spread, to fly, to flourish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grass,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֗שֶׂב</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·śeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6212.htm">Strong's 6212: </a> </span><span class="str2">Herb, herbage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evildoers</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּ֣עֲלֵי</span> <span class="translit">(pō·‘ă·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, to practise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flourish,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֭יָּצִיצוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ṣî·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6692.htm">Strong's 6692: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twinkle, glance, to blossom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will be</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲדֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḏê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5703.htm">Strong's 5703: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, terminus, duration, advance, perpetuity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destroyed.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hiš·šā·mə·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 92:7 Though the wicked spring up as (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/92-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 92:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 92:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/92-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 92:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 92:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>