Psalm 92:12

Translations

Modern

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Traditional

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Literal

The righteous one will sprout like a palm tree; like a cedar in Lebanon he will grow.

Latin

Justus ut palma florebit; sicut cedrus Libani multiplicabitur.

Original

Hebrew

English

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Notes

Psalms 92:12

Carvings of palm trees (1 Kings 6:29, 32, 35; 7:36) decorated the temple. Builders used many cedars (1 Kings 5:6). The trees represent the godly, who are planted in the very courts of the temple.

Psalms 92:11–15

The psalmist understands the Lord’s mighty acts. He shares in the glory of the wise of heart.

Psalms 92:1–15

This psalm begins with thanksgiving and praise. The Lord, the Most High, is fair and just in judging the godly and the wicked. The godly will have a bright and strong future, while the wicked will die.

Wise people see and understand the Lord's actions, which show his justice (Psalm 92:6–7, 11, 15). The wicked, like grass, are quickly destroyed (Psalm 92:7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

David Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Psalm 104:16
The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
Psalm 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Hosea 14:5–6
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Numbers 24:6
They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Isaiah 65:22
No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
Psalm 72:7
May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
Psalm 92:7
…that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

Places

Lebanon: A mountainous region known for its cedar trees

Glossary

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Topics

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Psalm 92:12

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