Psalms 92:12
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 mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- KJV
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- WEB
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- ASV
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- DARBY
- The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.
- BLB
- The righteous one will sprout like a palm tree; like a cedar in Lebanon he will grow.
- ÅB
- Den rettferdige spirer som palmen; som en seder på Libanon vokser han.
- OTB
- De rettferdige skal blomstre som palmetreet,
De skal vokse som en seder på Libanon. - B1930
- Den rettferdige spirer som palmen; som en seder på Libanon vokser han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Read in contextPsalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Read in contextPsalms 104:16
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Read in contextPsalms 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Read in contextHosea 14:5–6
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Read in contextNumbers 24:6
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Read in contextAmos 2:9
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Read in contextPsalms 72:7
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
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