The Meaning of Psalms 92:15 Explained

Psalms 92:15

KJV: To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

YLT: To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!

Darby: To shew that Jehovah is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

ASV: To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To shew  that the LORD  [is] upright:  [he is] my rock,  and [there is] no unrighteousness  in him. 

What does Psalms 92:15 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 92:15 mean?

To declare that upright Yahweh [is] [He is] my rock and [there is] no - unrighteousness in Him
לְ֭הַגִּיד כִּֽי־ יָשָׁ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה צ֝וּרִ֗י וְֽלֹא־ עלתה [עַוְלָ֥תָה] (בּֽוֹ)

לְ֭הַגִּיד  To  declare 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יָשָׁ֣ר  upright 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh  [is] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צ֝וּרִ֗י  [He  is]  my  rock 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: צוּר 
Sense: rock, cliff.
וְֽלֹא־  and  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
עלתה  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
[עַוְלָ֥תָה]  unrighteousness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עָוֶל 
Sense: injustice, unrighteousness, wrong.
(בּֽוֹ)  in  Him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular