Showing posts with label Psalm 92. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psalm 92. Show all posts

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Psalm 92:7, 9

When I read Psalm 92 in German, I noticed some significance in the structure of verses 8 and 10:
Die Gottlosen grünen wie das Gras, und die Übeltäter blühen alle - nur um vertilgt zu werden für immer!

Denn siehe, deine Feinde, HERR, siehe, deine Feinde werden umkommen, und alle Übeltäter sollen zerstreut werden.
In the ESV, these verses are 7 and 9:
that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever

For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
"Die Gottlosen grünen wie das Gras" ("the wicked sprout like grass") parallels "die Übeltäter blühen alle" ("all evildoers flourish"), and "deine Feinde werden umkommen" ("your enemies shall perish") parallels "alle Übeltäter sollen zerstreut werden" ("all evildoers shall be scattered").  This sort of repetition gives a sense of the proliferation ("sprout[ing]" and "flourish[ing]") and also the resulting multitude in verse 8 and simply the entirety in verse 10.  That "deine Feinde" occurs twice in verse 10 ("your enemies" twice in verse 9) may heighten this effect even further.