Psa 92:14 | KingComments | STEP | When the wicked and enemies are cut down like grass, it is time for blessing for the righteous ( ; ). In contrast to the wicked who are like grass and have been cut down, he “will flourish like the palm tree”. The branches of the palm tree symbolize victory ( ) and the cedar symbolizes stateliness ( ). The palm tree and the cedar are stately evergreen trees. The palm tree grows in the wilderness and the cedar in the mountains. A palm tree grows straight up. Thus, the righteous will flourish and grow up because he has received life from God and has been planted in His house and in the courts thereof ( ; ). It is, of course, imagery. It means that the righteous may have daily fellowship with Him Who dwells in His house in the midst of His people. The courts are the places of the temple where the common people may also come. They speak of daily life. In God’s house there is no aging process. Those planted in it do not cease to yield fruit in old age, but continue to do so ( ; cf. ). Nor does their fruit wither, but remains fresh and green (cf. ). They don’t keep telling stories from the old box, but give a new, fresh harvest each time. The outer man is decaying, but the inner man is being renewed day by day ( ). In the beginning of the psalm, in , the psalmist declares the lovingkindness of the LORD in the morning. Here, in his old age, the righteous continues to yield fruit in declaring “that the LORD is upright” ( ). To that end he remains fresh and green. He remains fresh and green because the LORD is his rock, his strength ( ). He confesses that he owes this to Him and His unchanging power. He declares that “the LORD is upright” and that “there is no unrighteousness in Him”. It is a double declaration of His absolute incorruptibility. Therefore, He is completely trustworthy. ‘True’ in Hebrew is yashar and means upright or right. He is right in His words and His works. He is right regarding His Person. Therefore, there can never be injustice in Him.

‏ Psalms 92:14

Flourishing and Yielding Fruit

When the wicked and enemies are cut down like grass, it is time for blessing for the righteous (Psa 92:12; Psa 1:3). In contrast to the wicked who are like grass and have been cut down, he “will flourish like the palm tree”. The branches of the palm tree symbolize victory (Mt 21:8) and the cedar symbolizes stateliness (Isa 37:24). The palm tree and the cedar are stately evergreen trees. The palm tree grows in the wilderness and the cedar in the mountains.

A palm tree grows straight up. Thus, the righteous will flourish and grow up because he has received life from God and has been planted in His house and in the courts thereof (Psa 92:13; Jer 17:7-8). It is, of course, imagery. It means that the righteous may have daily fellowship with Him Who dwells in His house in the midst of His people. The courts are the places of the temple where the common people may also come. They speak of daily life.

In God’s house there is no aging process. Those planted in it do not cease to yield fruit in old age, but continue to do so (Psa 92:14; cf. Psa 52:8). Nor does their fruit wither, but remains fresh and green (cf. Isa 40:30-31). They don’t keep telling stories from the old box, but give a new, fresh harvest each time. The outer man is decaying, but the inner man is being renewed day by day (2Cor 4:16).

In the beginning of the psalm, in Psa 92:2, the psalmist declares the lovingkindness of the LORD in the morning. Here, in his old age, the righteous continues to yield fruit in declaring “that the LORD is upright” (Psa 92:15). To that end he remains fresh and green. He remains fresh and green because the LORD is his rock, his strength (Deu 32:4 ; 15). He confesses that he owes this to Him and His unchanging power.

He declares that “the LORD is upright” and that “there is no unrighteousness in Him”. It is a double declaration of His absolute incorruptibility. Therefore, He is completely trustworthy. ‘True’ in Hebrew is yashar and means upright or right. He is right in His words and His works. He is right regarding His Person. Therefore, there can never be injustice in Him.