Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.
Verse Takeaways
1
Prosperity as Fleeting as Grass
Commentators unanimously explain that the prosperity of the wicked is like grass: it may appear lush, vigorous, and widespread, but it is fundamentally temporary and fleeting. John Calvin notes it's like grass on a rooftop, which springs up quickly but withers just as fast because it has no deep roots.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Psalms
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
6
18th Century
Presbyterian
When the wicked spring as the grass - When they grow up as plants do; when they seem to flourish and prosper. ([Reference Psalms 37…
19th Century
Anglican
This verse apparently introduces the statement of the truth that the sensualist does not understand, namely, that the prosperity of the wicked is o…
Baptist
When the wicked spring as the grass, – (Psalms 92:7)
Numerous, fresh, vigorous, –
And when all the w…
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
16th Century
Protestant
When the wicked flourish as the grass. He points out and exposes, by a striking and appropriate figure, the folly of imagining that the wi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When the wicked spring as the grass Out of the earth, as they do, and are of the earth earthly, and become numerous as spires …
God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish only for a moment.
Let us seek for ourselves the salvation a…
Get curated content & updates
