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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree – That is, the beauty, the erectness, the stateliness, the growth of the palm-tree …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Palm tree. —This is the only place where the palm appears as an emblem of moral rectitude and beauty of character, yet its aptness…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

The palm tree flourishes in the midst of the desert sunshine, growing straight upright towards heaven without a branch that deviates to the right o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree. He now passes to the consideration of another general truth: that though God may discipli…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree
Not like gra , as the wicked, (Psalms 92:7) which is wea…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish only for a moment.

Let us seek for ourselves the salvation a…

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