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Psalm 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13They are planted in the LORD’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
14They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
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The palm tree and Lebanon’s cedar give righteousness a living shape, raising the question of what it means for a life to flourish.
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Jeremiah 17:8For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will …Both picture a person as a thriving tree; Jeremiah adds roots by water and fruit that continues through drought.
Psalm 1:3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.Both compare a person’s flourishing to a tree’s growth, with Psalm 1 adding water, fruit, and leaves that do not wither.
Psalm 104:16The LORD’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,Both name Lebanon’s cedars; Psalm 92 compares the righteous to them, while Psalm 104 names the LORD as their planter.
Psalm 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.Both portray life through a thriving tree, and Psalm 92’s surrounding lines share Psalm 52’s setting in God’s house.
Job 14:2He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.Both compare human life to plant growth, though Job emphasizes life being cut short while Psalm 92 emphasizes flourishing.
Hosea 14:5–6I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.Both name Lebanon in their pictures of growth; Psalm 92 describes a cedar, while Hosea describes Israel sending down roots.
Numbers 24:6As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which the LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.Both use cedar trees to describe people, with Numbers placing its cedars beside waters among other images of abundant growth.
Amos 2:9Yet I destroyed 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, …Both compare people to cedars, though Amos describes the destruction of the towering Amorite while Psalm 92 describes righteous growth.
Psalm 72:7In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.Both say the righteous shall flourish; Psalm 72 joins that flourishing to an abundance of peace.
Isaiah 65:22They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will …Both compare people’s lives to trees; Isaiah emphasizes long life, while Psalm 92’s surrounding lines describe fruit in old age.
Ezekiel 47:12By the river banks, on both sides, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, …Both describe flourishing trees near God’s dwelling: Psalm 92’s context names his courts, and Ezekiel names waters flowing from the sanctuary.
Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for the LORD, for an everlasting …Both use growing trees as hopeful images; Psalm 92 describes righteous flourishing, while Isaiah describes cypress and myrtle replacing thorn and brier.
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The palm and cedar picture a righteous life with room to grow. The surrounding lines describe that life as planted in God’s house, bearing fruit even in old age.
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