The Meaning of Psalms 92:2 Explained

Psalms 92:2

KJV: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

YLT: To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.

Darby: To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights,

ASV: To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To shew forth  thy lovingkindness  in the morning,  and thy faithfulness  every night, 

What does Psalms 92:2 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 92:2 mean?

to declare in the morning Your lovingkindness and Your faithfulness every night
לְהַגִּ֣יד בַּבֹּ֣קֶר חַסְֽדֶּ֑ךָ וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בַּלֵּילֽוֹת

לְהַגִּ֣יד  to  declare 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
בַּבֹּ֣קֶר  in  the  morning 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
חַסְֽדֶּ֑ךָ  Your  lovingkindness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗  and  Your  faithfulness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱמוּנָה  
Sense: firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness.
בַּלֵּילֽוֹת  every  night 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.