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Psalm 92:7

though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

5How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.
6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
8But you, LORD, are on high forever more.
9For behold, your enemies, LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered.
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Notice

The grass image captures the visible growth of evildoers, while the sentence ends with the stark claim that they will be destroyed forever.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Job 14:2He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.Both use growing plants to describe life that ends, though Job speaks of human mortality and the psalm of evildoers’ destruction.
Psalm 37:38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.Both declare the destruction of the wicked, denying that their present existence guarantees a lasting future.
Psalm 73:18–20Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.Both speak of destruction for the wicked; Psalm 73 names God as the one who brings them down.
1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;Both compare people to grass, though Peter describes all human glory fading and Psalm 92 speaks of evildoers’ destruction.
Psalm 37:35–36I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.Both portray the wicked through thriving plants: grass springing up in Psalm 92 and a spreading green tree in Psalm 37.
Jeremiah 12:1–2You are righteous, LORD, when I contend with you; yet I would like to plead a case with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease …Both acknowledge that the wicked prosper; Jeremiah questions their ease, while Psalm 92 declares their end.
Psalm 37:1–2By David. Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.Both address evildoers, with Psalm 37 warning against envy and Psalm 92 describing their flourishing and destruction.
Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says …Both announce destruction for evildoers through plant imagery: flourishing grass in the psalm and stubble consumed by fire in Malachi.
James 1:10–11and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.Both use grass imagery to describe a passing human condition, though James names the rich and Psalm 92 names evildoers.
Malachi 3:15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’Both describe evildoers thriving; Malachi records people saying they escape, while Psalm 92 declares their lasting destruction.
Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.Both acknowledge prosperity among those who do evil, with Job naming the security of robbers and those who provoke God.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. envy and comparison. doubt.

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Read Psalm 92:7–8 and underline each use of “forever”

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Encouragement

The flourishing of evildoers is real, and so is the judgment declared here. No date is given for their destruction. YHWH remains on high forever.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).