Psalms 92:1–2
It is good to give thanks morning and night
Study it word by word1A psalm. A song for the day of the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to YHWH, and to sing psalms to your name, Elyon,
2to declare in the morning your loyal love, and your faithfulness in the nights,
In its context
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3with an instrument of ten strings and with the harp, with the murmur of the lyre.
4For you have made me glad, YHWH, by your work; at the works of your hands I shout for joy.
Its words in the original
- מִזְמוֹרmizmor· psalm
Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.
- שִׁירshir· song
Song, singing.
- יוֹםyom· day
Day: the hours of light, or a whole day from one evening to the next. Also an indefinite time or age ("in the day that...", "in those days").
- שַּׁבָּתshabat· Sabbath
Sabbath: the seventh day, when work stops because it is set apart for God. The word comes from the verb "cease". It can also mean a week, or a sabbatical year (the land's rest).
- טוֹבtov· good
Good in the widest sense: pleasant, beautiful, useful, right, of good quality. As a noun, "good", "good things", "well-being".
- הֹדוֹתhodot· praise, give thanks; confess
In one form of the verb, praise, give thanks. In another, confess: acknowledge sins or the name of God aloud. Its root sense is to throw.
- יהוָהyhva· YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
- זַמֵּרzamer· sing praise, make music
Sing praise: sing or play a stringed instrument in praise. The word for "psalm" comes from it.
- שִׁמְshim· name
Name. In the Bible a name says who someone is; so it also means fame, renown or reputation.
- עֶלְיוֹןelyon· Most High, Elyon
"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.
- הַגִּידhagid· tell, declare
Tell, make known, report, declare; also explain.
- בֹּקֶרboker· morning
Morning, dawn.
- חַסְדֶּchasde· loyal love
"Chesed": love that stays faithful to a commitment. It is kindness that does not remain a feeling: it acts in favor of the other and does not abandon him. The Bible says it above all of God's love for his people.
- אֱמוּנָתְemunat· faithfulness, steadiness
Steadiness; from there faithfulness, being trustworthy.
- לֵּילוֹתlelot· night
Night.