Psalms 92:2 — Word Study
WLCלְהַגִּ֣יד בַּבֹּ֣קֶר חַסְֽדֶּ֑ךָ וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃
BSApleasantṭôwb to give thanksyâdâh The LordYᵉhôvâh to singzâmar nameshêm highʻelyôwn
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| לְהַגִּ֣יד | to declare | Preposition, verb hiphil infinitive construct common |
| בַּבֹּ֣קֶר | in the morning | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| חַסְֽדֶּ֑ךָ | covenant loyalty your | Noun common masculine singular construct, suffix |
| וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗ | and faithfulness your | Conjunction, noun common feminine singular construct, suffix |
| בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃ | in the nights | Preposition, noun common feminine plural absolute |
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| BSB | to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night |
| KJV | To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, |
| ASV | To show 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. |
| WEB | to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, |
| BBE | To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; |
The translations agree on the rendering of the Hebrew terms.
The sentence is structured around a main verb with two prepositional phrases indicating the times of proclamation, creating a rhythm of worship throughout the day.
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Deep Study — Psalms 92:2
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Context — A Psalm of Praisegenerated
Psalm 92:2 expresses the psalmist's intention to proclaim God's loving devotion and faithfulness. This proclamation is set within the context of praising the LORD, emphasizing the importance of recognizing God's attributes at both dawn and dusk. The psalmist encourages a rhythm of worship that acknowledges God's goodness throughout the day, linking it to the joy found in His deeds as noted in subsequent verses.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm 71:15 | My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure. |
| 2 | Psalm 89:1–2 | I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations. |
| 3 | Psalm 145:2 | Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. |
| 4 | Isaiah 63:7 | I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion. |
| 5 | Lamentations 3:22–23 | Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 10 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — לְהַגִּ֣יד, le.ha.Gidgenerated
The verb לְהַגִּיד (le.ha.Gid) is a hiphil infinitive construct of the root נָגַד (nagad), meaning to declare or tell openly. It conveys the idea of making something known publicly, as in a proclamation or announcement.
This verb emphasizes the act of declaring God's attributes boldly and clearly, suggesting a commitment to vocalize His lovingkindness and faithfulness. The psalmist uses this verb to highlight the importance of expressing gratitude and recognition of God's character at specific times of the day.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb of the verse is לְהַגִּ֣יד, to proclaim, which governs the phrases that follow. The structure includes two prepositional phrases that specify when the proclamation occurs: בַּבֹּ֣קֶר (in the morning) and בַּלֵּילֽוֹת (at night).
The syntax indicates a balanced structure, with the act of proclaiming God's loving devotion and faithfulness framed around the times of day, emphasizing a continuous acknowledgment of God's character.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates the key verb לְהַגִּ֣יד as τὸ (to), indicating a straightforward rendering that retains the intent of proclamation. This choice reflects a direct correspondence to the Hebrew without expanding or altering its meaning.
The Greek translation aligns closely with the Hebrew text, maintaining the focus on the act of declaration.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalm 92:2 tells us to proclaim God's loving devotion in the morning and His faithfulness at night. This verse highlights the importance of recognizing and declaring God's character at the beginning and end of each day.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
To proclaim God's loving devotion means to openly declare and acknowledge His kindness and mercy towards us, especially at the start of each day.
Declaring faithfulness at night serves as a reminder of God's trustworthiness and stability, providing comfort and assurance as the day ends.
You can incorporate this practice by setting aside time each morning and evening to reflect on and verbally express gratitude for God's attributes.
Examples of God's loving devotion include His mercy, kindness, and faithfulness, which are evident in the blessings and provisions He offers throughout our lives.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- How can I remember to proclaim God's goodness each morning?
- In what ways has God's faithfulness been evident in my life during the night?
- What specific attributes of God do I want to focus on when I declare His loving devotion?
- How can I encourage others to recognize and proclaim God's faithfulness?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early church fathers, like Augustine of Hippo, referenced this verse to highlight the importance of proclaiming God's mercy and truth throughout the day.
"To tell of Your mercy early in the morning, and of Your truth in the night season" [Psalms 92:2].Early Church Fathers on Psalms 92 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 92:2 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTo show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,.... God has shown forth his lovingkindness in Christ, and Christ has shown it in a ministerial way; and saints should show it forth also with their
Read John Gill on Psalms 92 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryTo shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night - Hebrew, 'in the nights.'
Read Robert Jamieson on Psalms 92 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleTo adore and celebrate thy goodness and truth continually, and especially at those two solemn times of morning and evening, which on every day, and especially upon the sabbath day, were devoted to the worship and service of God.
Read Matthew Poole on Psalms 92 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,Ver. 2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning] Every morning, that God may have the firstfruits of the day, but especially on the sabbath morning, when we awake and rise, ad quietem et ad delicias animi et corporis, as Kimchi here hath it. The Jews bless God at the sabbath’ s coming in and going out. And thy faithfulness in the night] Breaking our sleep for that purpose; yea, we must be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, Proverbs 23:17, how much more on the sabbath day! then our whole work must be ravished in spirit, doing no work, but such as whereby we either bless God or look to…
Read John Trapp on Psalms 92 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Lovingkindness . . . faithfulness.—The two most prominent features in the display of the covenant relation of God towards His people. The connection of lovingkindness or grace with the morning, and faithfulness or truth with the evening, is only a result of the Hebrew poetic style; and yet there is a fitness in the association. Love breaks through the clouds of doubt as the morning light rises on the night; and thoughts of God’s unerring and impartial justice best suit the evening—the trial time of the day.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Psalms 92 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 2. To show forth thy loving-kindness] חסדך chasdecha, thy abundant mercy, in the morning - that has preserved me throughout the night, and brought me to the beginning of a new day: and thy faithfulness in the night, that has so amply fulfilled the promise of preservation during the course of the day. This verse contains a general plan for morning and evening prayer.
Read AdamClarke on Psalms 92 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges2. Morning and evening are natural times for prayer (Psalms 5:3; Psalms 63:6; Psalms 55:17, &c.); lovingkindness and faithfulness are the attributes which move God to make and keep His covenant with His people (Psalms 89:1, note). The division of the verse into two parallel clauses is rhythmical, not logical (cp. Psalms 90:16), but there is an appropriateness in the connexion of lovingkindness with the morning (Psalms 30:5; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 90:14; Lamentations 3:23), and faithfulness with the night.
Read Cambridge on Psalms 92 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleTo show forth thy loving-kindness - To celebrate thy mercy; thy goodness; thy love. In the morning - That is, there is a fitness in doing this in the morning; or, there are special reasons why we should do this at that time.
Read Albert Barnes on Psalms 92 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,
Tyndale line
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.
To declare thy louing kindenesse in the morning, and thy trueth in the night,
Strictly literal
To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights,
To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights.
To declare Your kindness in the morning, || And Your faithfulness in the nights.
(92:3) To tell in the morning of thy kindness, and of thy faithfulness in the nights.
to proclaim your covenant faithfulness in the morning and your truthfulness every night,
From the Latin
Thy throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.
Simplified
to tell of your trustworthy love in the morning, and your faithfulness in the night,
To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree on the wording of Psalm 92:2, with all five words matched between the two texts, confirming the consistency of the message across these traditions.
לְהַגִּ֣יד בַּבֹּ֣קֶר חַסְֽדֶּ֑ךָ וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃
5 of the 5 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Psalms 92:2
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
נָגַד (nagad) is a Hebrew verb meaning to declare or tell, with implications of being conspicuous or manifesting something. It covers a range of meanings including to announce, report, and make known, often through spoken word. The entries indicate that it can also mean to expose or predict, and in the Hophil form, it refers to something being told or reported.
[נָגַד] 363 vb. be conspicuous
Hiph. declare, tell
Hoph. be told, announced, reported
base
H5046 נָגַד be conspicuous . declare, tell
. be told, announced, reported
5046 nagad naw-gad'
a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out
opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest;
figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one
present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain,
praise:--bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing),
denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess,
rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
נָגַד (na.gad) — to tell.
1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported
HR/Vhcc — Preposition · verb hiphil infinitive construct commonHR/Vhcc
בֹּ֫קֶר (boqer) means 'morning' and is derived from the root word for 'dawn.' It encompasses the time of day when light begins to appear, marking the end of night and the start of a new day. The term can also refer to the next day or morning after a specific point in time. It is associated with brightness and joy following periods of distress.
בֹּ֫קֶר 214 n.m. morning
morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, Eng. morning = forenoon
morrow, next day
base
H1242 בֹּ֫קֶר morning . morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, Eng. morning = forenoon
. morrow, next day
1242 boqer bo'-ker
from 1239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally,
morning:--(+) day, early, morning, morrow.
see HEBREW for 01239
בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) — morning.
1) morning, break of day
1a) morning
1a1) of end of night
1a2) of coming of daylight
1a3) of coming of sunrise
1a4) of beginning of day
1a5) of bright joy after night of distress (fig.)
1b) morrow, next day, next morning
HRd/Ncmsa — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHRd/Ncmsa
mor'-ning: There are several Hebrew and Greek words which are rendered "morning," the most common in Hebrew being boqer, which occurs 180 times. It properly means "the breaking forth of the light," "the dawn," as in Ge 19:27; Jud 19:8,25,27. Another word with the same meaning is shachar (Ge 19:15; Ne 4:21; Isa 58:8). mishchar ("womb of the morning," Ps 110:3) is a poetical term derived from. the same root. See HIND OF THE MORNING. noghah, naghha' (Da 6:19 (Hebrew 20)), mean "brightness." hashkem, comes from…
- The second part of the day at the creation
Ge 1:5,8,13,19,23,31
- The first part of the natural day
- Ordained by God
- Began with first dawn
חֶ֫סֶד (che.sed) primarily means kindness or goodness, often referring to the kindness of people towards one another, especially towards the needy. It can also denote God's lovingkindness and mercy. Additionally, it has a secondary meaning of shame or reproach. The entries reflect a range of uses, from human interactions to divine attributes.
חֶ֫סֶד 247 n.m. goodness, kindness
of man:
kindness of men toward men, in doing favours and benefits
kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy
(rarely) affection of Isr. to י׳, love to God, piety
lovely appearance
of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures.
base
חֶ֫סֶד n.m. shame, reproach
base
H2617a חֶ֫סֶד goodness, kindness . of man: . kindness of men toward men, in doing favours and benefits
. kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy
. (rarely) affection of Isr. to י׳, love to God, piety
. lovely appearance
. of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures.
H2617b חֶ֫סֶד shame, reproach
2617 checed kheh'-sed
from 2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety:
rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty:--favour,
good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful
(kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
see HEBREW for 02616
חֶ֫סֶד (che.sed) — kindness.
goodness, kindness, faithfulness
חֶ֫סֶד (che.sed) — shame.
a reproach, shame
HNcmsc/Sp2ms — Noun common masculine singular construct · suffixHNcmsc/Sp2ms
The Hebrew word אֱמוּנָה (*emuwnah*) is built from the root of H529, indicating concepts of firmness and steadfastness. It encompasses meanings such as fidelity, trust, and stability. The entries consistently highlight its moral implications, particularly in relation to faithfulness.
אֱמוּנָה n.f. firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
lit. firmness, steadiness
steadfastness
faithfulness, trust
base
H530 אֱמוּנָה firmness, steadfastness, fidelity . lit. firmness, steadiness
. steadfastness
. faithfulness, trust
530 'emuwnah em-oo-naw'); or (shortened) >emunah {em-oo-naw'
feminine of 529; literally firmness; figuratively security;
morally fidelity:--faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set
office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
see HEBREW for 0529
אֱמוּנָה (e.mu.nah) — faithfulness.
firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness
HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms — Conjunction · noun common feminine singular construct · suffixHC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
לַ֫יְלָה (layil) means 'night' and is derived from a root that suggests a twist away from light. It encompasses the literal sense of night as opposed to day, as well as figurative uses related to gloom or adversity. The term appears in contexts like Isaiah 21:11.
לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל 242 n.m. night
base
H3915 לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל night
3915 layil lah'-yil
or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}; also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from
the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e.
night; figuratively, adversity:--((mid-))night (season).
see HEBREW for 03883
לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) — night.
1) night
1a) night (as opposed to day)
1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)
HRd/Ncfpa — Preposition · noun common feminine plural absoluteHRd/Ncfpa