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Psalms 92:2
to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A worshipper addresses the LORD in a Sabbath song (v. 1), declaring what God has done as a fixed liturgical act rather than a spontaneous outburst.
The words — חַסֶּד (chesed, H2617) carries the sense of covenant loyalty, not generic love; it names a binding obligation God keeps toward His people. Its partner אֱמוּנָה (emunah, H530) adds the dimension of steadfast reliability.
The thread — The pairing of chesed and emunah as attributes to be proclaimed runs through Psalms 89:1 and Lamentations 3:22, where the same chesed is said never to fail. John 1:17 echoes the pairing in "grace and truth" (charis and aletheia), now channeled through Christ.
Why it lands — The verse assigns the reader a twice-daily task: naming God's character in the morning and again at night, making praise a discipline rather than a mood.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Cross-references
- Lamentations 3:22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
- Psalms 89:1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- 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.
- Psalms 42:8 The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Psalms 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Psalms 145:2 Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
- Job 35:10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
- Psalms 77:2 In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.