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Psalm 92:14
They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
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,
15to show that the LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
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“Still” gives old age a place among the fruitful trees, challenging the assumption that a person’s capacity to bear fruit belongs to youth.
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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 psalms picture a fruitful tree with enduring greenery, describing the flourishing life of the righteous.
Isaiah 46:4Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.Old age appears in both passages: the psalm describes continued fruitfulness, while Isaiah promises God’s continued carrying and care.
Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,Both passages use fruit to describe life beyond literal harvests; Galatians names qualities that come from the Spirit.
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 passages describe trees that remain green and keep bearing fruit, through old age in the psalm and drought in Jeremiah.
Psalm 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to …Both psalms connect old age with testimony to God: declaring his strength in Psalm 71 and showing his uprightness in Psalm 92.
Isaiah 58:11and the LORD will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of …Both passages picture flourishing plant life under God’s care, using green trees in the psalm and a watered garden in Isaiah.
John 15:2–5Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.Both passages describe continued fruit-bearing; the psalm emphasizes old age, while Jesus describes pruning fruitful branches so they bear more.
Philippians 1:11being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.Both passages connect fruitfulness with righteousness and God’s honor; Philippians names Jesus Christ as the source of those fruits.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.Both passages describe the righteous continuing with vigor, pictured as fruitful old trees in the psalm and growing strength in Job.
Matthew 3:10Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.Both use trees and fruit as moral images, though Matthew warns of judgment where the psalm describes enduring fruitfulness.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.Both passages picture the righteous flourishing over time, through continued fruitfulness in the psalm and increasing light in Proverbs.
Luke 2:36There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her …Old age is the shared detail: the psalm describes fruitful elders, while Luke identifies Anna as a prophetess of great age.
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These green trees are poetry about the righteous. Even as bodily strength fades, old age remains within the psalm’s picture of life that shows God’s uprightness.
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