Psalms 92:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 92:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree - That is, the beauty, the erectness, the stateliness, the growth of the palm-tree - all this is an emblem of the condition, the prosperity, the ha...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The righteous shall (h) flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (h) Though the faithful seem to whither and be cut down by the wicked, yet they will grow again and flouri...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XCII. In Praise of Providence. God's counsels are too deep for the stupid man. But in fact the prosperity of the wicked is superficial. Psalms 92:10 b . Read, Thou hast sprinkled me with fre...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  The righteous . A righteous one (singular) palm. In barren soil, watered deep at the roots. An Endogen. cedar. In mountain snows and storms, the roots embedded in the rocks. An Exogen.

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• Psalms 92:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree. He now passes to the consideration of another general truth, That though God may exercise his people with many trials, subject them to har...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 658 THE BELIEVER’S SECURITY Psalms 92:12-15 . The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord sh...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree - Very different from the wicked, Psalms 92:7 , who are likene...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The righteous shall flourish, &c.— The flourishing state of the righteous in this verse, is beautifully opposed to that of the wicked, Psalms 92:7 . For of these it is intimated, that their...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree - in contrast to "the wicked," who 'spring as the grass...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This is a Ps. of praise, called forth by some special manifestation of God's loving-kindness. This general theme is set forth in Psalms 92:1-4 ; Psalms 92:5-11 contain reflections on the meaning o...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Palm tree. — This is the only place where the palm appears as an emblem of moral rectitude and beauty of character, yet its aptness for such comparison has often been noticed. (See Tristram’s Natu...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 92:1-15 AUTHORITIES differ in their arrangement of this psalm. Clearly, the first three verses are a prelude; and if these are left out of account, the remainder of the psalm consists of tw...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Gladness and Growth Psalms 92:1-15 The inscription alludes to the suitability of this psalm for the Sabbath day. Psalms 92:1-3 contain the general statement of the desirability of praise and...

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• Psalms 92:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  THIS is a song of praise. The seemliness of praise is first declared (vv. Psa 92:1-3); and then reasons for it are given (vv. Psa 92:4-15). Praise is good as the first exercise of the day and also as...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here again we must look out for the ever blessed Jesus. Of whom but that righteous One could the Prophet speak? Surely he is as the palm-tree of Engedi, and the tree of life in the paradise of God....

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• Psalms 92:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  PALM-TREE CHRISTIANS ‘The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.’ Psalms 92:12 The characteristic thing about the palm-tree Christian, mentioned three times, is that he ‘shall flourish.’...

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• Psalms 92:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree ,.... Not like grass, as the wicked, Psalms 92:7 which is weak and tender, and soon cut down; but like trees, and like palm trees, that are firm and...

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• Psalms 92:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Ver. 12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm ] A tree that groweth not in these cold climates, but wh...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree Which is constantly green and flourishing, spreads its branches very wide, and grows to a vast size, affording a most refreshing shade to travellers....

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• Psalms 92:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Triumph of the Righteous; The Happiness of the Righteous.       7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the w...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Like the palm tree; which is constantly green, and flourishing, and fruitful, Song of Solomon 7:8 , and growing even when it is pressed down; and so is a fit emblem of a just man's person and co...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath-day .” It so far combines the properties of both a psalm and a song that either name may be applied to it. This psalm was appointed f...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 92:1 . It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: It is good in itself; it is good for those who hear it; but it is especially good fo...

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• Psalms 92:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Psalms 92:3 . Ten strings. Stringed instruments, as in Psalms 150:4 . These are four, the asur, the nebal, the higgaion, and the kinnor or harp: a full band for singing in the courts of t...

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• Psalms 92:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. The prosperity of the righteous I. Who shall flourish? “The righteous.” There are none who are righteous...

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• Psalms 92:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THIS psalm is entitled, "a Psalm or Song for the sabbath day," and was therefore, we may conclude, intended for liturgical use in the temple on that weekly festival. Jewish traditio...

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• Psalms 92:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Sabbath Meditation. A psalm or song for the Sabbath-day, used by the Jewish Church on the seventh day of the week, as one of the hymns of liturgical worship.

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• Psalms 92:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 2:9 ; Hosea 14:5 ; Hosea 14:6 ; Isaiah 55:13 ; Isaiah 65:22 ; Psalms 104:16 ; Psalms 148:9 ; Psalms 52:8 ; Psalms 92:7

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• Psalms 92:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Palm — tree — Which is constantly green and flourishing.

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