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Psalm 92, a psalm, a psalm for the Sabbath.
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It is good to give thanks to the Lord to sing praises to your name almost high, to declare
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your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the
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loot and the harp to the melody of the lyre, for you, O Lord, have made me glad by your
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At the works of your hands, I sing for joy.
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How great are your works, O Lord?
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Your thoughts are very deep.
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The stupid man cannot know the fool cannot understand this, that though the wicked sprout
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like grass and all evil doers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever.
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But you, O Lord, are on high forever.
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For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies shall perish.
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All evil doers shall be scattered.
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But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox, you have poured over me fresh oil.
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My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies.
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My ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
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The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar and lemon on.
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They are planted in the house of the Lord.
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They flourish in the courts of our God.
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They still bear fruit and old age.
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They are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the Lord is upright.
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He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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The prescript for this song tells us it is meant for the Sabbath.
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That comes into your mind when you hear the word Sabbath.
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Maybe you think simply of Sunday or of church.
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Maybe you think of Christians who treat the Sabbath in a very conscientious way and are
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careful to do no work.
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Maybe not much at all comes into your mind.
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You know it is associated with ancient Judaism but not much else.
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The Sabbath is something built into the very creation of the world.
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We see the first Sabbath in the opening two chapters of the Bible, as God Himself rests
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The Sabbath has been put in place for God's people to show us that He is a God of rest
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and that entrusting Him we ourselves find our true rest.
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The Sabbath was not instituted merely to be another rule for God's people to keep.
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It is a gracious gift in order for God's people to gain a foretaste of the final rest
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in the new heavens and new earth we will one day enjoy.
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That is when we will experience the concluding description of this song.
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The righteous flourish like the palm tree.
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They are planted in the house of the Lord.
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They flourish in the courts of our God.
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They still bear fruit and old age.
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They are ever full of sap and green.
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Are you frantic on the inside?
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Do you paint smiles over internal distress?
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That is not what Christ came to offer.
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Instead He came to offer eternal rest which we anticipate each and every Lord's day as
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we rest from our worldly labors.
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Bring to Jesus your worries, your cares.
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Unload your burdens on Him.
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Above all, give Him your sins.
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He died and rose again to give us rest for our souls now.
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And one day rest for both soul and body, perfectly, forever, unendingly.
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And one day rest for both soul and body, perfectly, forever, unendingly.
