Tree of Life Version
Psalms 92:12
12My eye can gaze on those lying in wait for me. My ears hear about evildoers rising up against me.
Psalms 92:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
- English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Context of Psalms 92:12
10For behold, Your enemies, Adonai —behold Your enemies perish— all evildoers are scattered. 11But You exalted my horn like that of a wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil. My eye can gaze on those lying in wait for me. My ears hear about evildoers rising up against me. 13The righteous will flourish like a palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 14Planted in the House of Adonai, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Read all of Psalms 92Psalms 92:12 word by word
צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 92:12
- Psalms 92:7A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand.
- Psalms 52:8Then the righteous will see and fear, and laugh at him:
- Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thorn bush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up, and it will be a memorial to Adonai, as an everlasting sign that will never be cut off.”
- Isaiah 65:22They will not build and another inhabit, nor plant and another eat. For like the days of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Hosea 14:5“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger will turn away from him.
- Psalms 104:16The trees of Adonai are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
- Psalms 148:9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
- Amos 2:9“I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like cedars and as strong as oaks— yes, I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.
- 1 Kings 6:29Then he carved all the walls surrounding the House with carved engravings of cheruvim, palm trees and open flowers, in both the inner and outer rooms,
Commentaries on Psalms 92:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree - Very different from the wicked, Psalm 92:7, who are likened to grass. These shall have a short duration; but those shall have a long and useful life. They are compared also to the cedar of Lebanon, an incorruptible wood, and extremely long-lived. Mr. Maundrell, who visited those trees in 1697, describes them thus: "These noble trees grow among the snow, near the highest part of Lebanon. Some are very old…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The 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 happiness of a righteous man. The wicked shall be cut down; but the righteous shall flourish. This image - the comparison of a righteous man to a flourishing, majestic, green, and beautiful tree - is not uncommon in the Scriptures. See the notes at Psalm 1:3…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish but for a moment. Let us seek for ourselves the salvation and grace of the gospel, that being daily anointed by the Holy Spirit, we may behold and share the Redeemer's glory. It is from his grace, by his word and Spirit, that believers receive all the virtue that keeps them alive, and makes them fruitful. Other trees, when old, leave off bearing, but in God's trees…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Carvings of palm trees (1 Kings 6:29, 32, 35; 7:36) decorated the temple. Builders used many cedars (1 Kings 5:6). The trees represent the godly, who are planted in the very courts of the temple.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. The vigorous growth, longevity, utility, fragrance, and beauty of these noble trees, set forth the life, character, and destiny of the pious;Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 92
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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