We saw yesterday that Psalm 91, was a psalm of protection in times of pestilence and plague.
9 IF YOU SAY, ‘THE LORD IS MY REFUGE,’
AND YOU MAKE THE ‘MOST HIGH’ YOUR DWELLING,
10 NO HARM WILL OVERTAKE YOU,
NO DISASTER WILL COME NEAR YOUR TENT. Amen, Thank You Lord.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways; Psalm 91
Psalm 92, is a song for the Sabbath day and it begins with an encouragement to Praise;
1 IT IS GOOD TO PRAISE THE LORD
and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 PROCLAIMING YOUR LOVE IN THE MORNING
AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS AT NIGHT,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp. Psalm 92
The psalmist OPENS AND CLOSES HIS DAY WITH THE LORD. A good practice for believers in our day as well.
This psalm ends with a wonderful promise from God to sustain and bless His people into their older years, He’ll still care for us, unlike this world.
12 The righteous will FLOURISH like a palm tree,
they will GROW like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 PLANTED in the house of the Lord,
they will FLOURISH in the courts of our God.
14 They will STILL BEAR FRUIT IN OLD AGE,
THEY WILL STAY FRESH AND GREEN,
15 PROCLAIMING, ‘THE LORD IS UPRIGHT;
HE IS MY ROCK, AND THERE IS NO WICKEDNESS IN HIM.’ Psalm 92
All the verbs in these verses speak of Life and Productive Life, still bearing fruit, still flourishing. There is no need for believers to end our lives here as the world does; we are Children of God and His Life doesn’t diminish in us.
The psalm begins with Praise and Proclamation and continues through to the end. We serve a good God, so let’s express our love to Him today and live in the His Blessings, rather than this world’s fear and gloom.
24 ‘“‘The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord turn his face towards you
and give you peace.’”
27 ‘So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.’ Numbers 6