Psalm 92/Speech Act/Summary

Speaker		Verses		Macro Speech Acts				Addressee
Psalmist		v. 1 A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.	Reminder (vv. 2–6)				YHWH
		v. 2 It is right to praise YHWH and [it is right] to sing praise to your name, Most High.	YHWH really is praiseworthy
		v. 3 [It is right] to declare your loyalty in the morning and [it is right to declare] your faithfulness at night.		Because His works are great and his plans are deep! (v. 6)
		v. 4 [It is right to praise YHWH] with a ten-stringed instrument and with a harp, with a soft melody on a lyre.
		v. 5 For you have made me rejoice, YHWH, by your action; In the work of your hands I rejoice.
		v. 6 How great are your works, YHWH! Your plans are so deep.
		v. 7 Stupid people do not know [this] and fools do not understand this:	Report (vv. 7–9)
		v. 8 when wicked people flourish like a green plant and any evildoers prosper, [this is] for them to be destroyed forever,	Foolish people do not even understand that the wicked will be destroyed forever
		v. 9 but you are on high forever, YHWH.		But You are on high forever! (v. 9)
		v. 10 For look, your enemies, YHWH— for look, your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered,	Assertion (vv. 10–12)
		v. 11 and you will lift up my horn like a wild ox, my old age [will be] fresh like oil,	I will have victory and flourish
		v. 12 and my eyes will look upon my enemies; my ears will hear those who rise up against me, wicked people.		Because My enemies are your enemies, YHWH (v. 10), and look what awaits them! (v. 12)
		v. 13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; like a cedar tree in Lebanon he will grow.	Assertion (vv. 13–16)				The Righteous
		v. 14 [They will be] transplanted in the house of YHWH; in the courtyards of our God they will flourish.	Indeed, all the righteous will have victory and flourish into old age
		v. 15 They will still thrive in old age; they will be vigorous and fresh		By faithfully clinging to proper worship (v. 14)
		v. 16 in order that people declare that YHWH, my rock, is fair and there is no injustice in him.		In order to declare that YHWH is just (v. 16)