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The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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A Portrait of Righteousness
Commentators explain that the palm and cedar are powerful symbols. The palm tree represents uprightness, steady growth under pressure, and consistent fruitfulness. The cedar of Lebanon symbolizes majesty, deep-rooted strength, and longevity. Together, they illustrate the beautiful, enduring, and stable character of a life devoted to God, contrasting sharply with the fleeting nature of the wicked.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree – That is, the beauty, the erectness, the stateliness, the growth of the palm-tree …
19th Century
Anglican
Palm tree. —This is the only place where the palm appears as an emblem of moral rectitude and beauty of character, yet its aptness…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree. He now passes to the consideration of another general truth: that though God may discipli…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree Not like grass, as the wicked, (Psalms 92:7) which is we…
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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