The Meaning of Psalms 92:12 Explained

Psalms 92:12

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

YLT: The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

Darby: The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.

ASV: The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Discover Psalms 92:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 92:12?

MEANING: What does Psalms 92:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 92:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 92:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 92:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 92:1-15 - Gladness And Growth
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 thanksgiving. Psalms 92:4-5 suggest that God's work in creation, providence, and grace should elicit perpetual thanksgiving; but that the thoughts and purposes which underlie them are too deep for our fathoming.
Two classes of men are here mentioned: the brutish and wicked, Psalms 92:6-9; the servants of God, Psalms 92:10-15. The former are like grass, which soon grows to maturity and is then cut down; the latter are as the palm and cedar. There is no part of the palm which is not utilized in some way. The cedar is one of the largest of living trees. A thousand years is no uncommon duration, and its fiber is practically incorruptible.
The witness of an aged saint to the faithfulness of God is very delightful. When Charles H. Spurgeon was a young man, he was preaching upon this subject in his grandfather's pulpit. Halfway through the sermon, the veteran man of God advanced to the front and said, "My grandson is preaching what he has read and heard about; but I have proved for eighty-four years that God is faithful to His servants and true to His Word. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 92

1  The prophet exhorts to praise God
4  For his great works
6  For his judgments on the wicked
10  And for his goodness to the godly

What do the individual words in Psalms 92:12 mean?

The righteous like a palm tree shall flourish like a cedar in Lebanon He shall grow
צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה

צַ֭דִּיק  The  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
כַּתָּמָ֣ר  like  a  palm  tree 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: תָּמָר  
Sense: palm tree, date palm.
יִפְרָ֑ח  shall  flourish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַח 
Sense: to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom.
כְּאֶ֖רֶז  like  a  cedar 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶז  
Sense: cedar.
בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן  in  Lebanon 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
יִשְׂגֶּֽה  He  shall  grow 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂגָה  
Sense: to grow, increase.

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