The Meaning of Psalms 92:10 Explained

Psalms 92:10

KJV: But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

YLT: And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.

Darby: But my horn shalt thou exalt like a buffalo's: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

ASV: But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But my horn  shalt thou exalt  like [the horn of] an unicorn:  I shall be anointed  with fresh  oil. 

What does Psalms 92:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 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: Psalm 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 92:10 mean?

But You have exalted like a wild ox my horn I have been anointed with oil fresh
וַתָּ֣רֶם כִּרְאֵ֣ים קַרְנִ֑י בַּ֝לֹּתִ֗י בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן רַעֲנָֽן

וַתָּ֣רֶם  But  You  have  exalted 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
כִּרְאֵ֣ים  like  a  wild  ox 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְאֵם  
Sense: probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct.
קַרְנִ֑י  my  horn 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: קֶרֶן 
Sense: horn.
בַּ֝לֹּתִ֗י  I  have  been  anointed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: בָּלַל 
Sense: to mix, mingle, confuse, confound.
בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן  with  oil 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
רַעֲנָֽן  fresh 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָעַן 
Sense: (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green adj.