Psalms 92:12
A righteous man shall flourish like the palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
In Context
11and my eye has seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the evil-doers who rise up against me.
13Men who are planted in the house of LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:33And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Esther 9:5And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.
Psalms 37:34Wait for LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land. When sinners are cut off, thou shall see it.
Psalms 72:7In his days righteousness shall flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon is no more.
Psalms 104:16The trees of LORD are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree. And it shall be to LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 92:8-15
The Triumph of the Righteous; The Happiness of the Righteous. 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 8 But thou, Lord , art most high for evermore. 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord , for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and… Read the whole commentary →