“The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green.” Psalm 92:12-14

 "The righteous flourish"

This world provides the best the wicked will ever experience, and this world provides the worst the righteous will experience. (Psalm 92:7)

"Like the palm tree"

Palm trees stand straight, one thick column with its leaves stretched to the sky. They grow in hot, sandy, desert like conditions. He describes the righteous as standing upright with the goal of glorifying God no matter the circumstances.

"Grow like a cedar"

The cedar trees in Lebanon are known for their massive size and density, their strength and durability, their wide-spread shade providing both beauty and protection. The blessings to come upon the righteous bring the same attributes.

"Planted in the house of the Lord, flourish in the courts of our God"

The Lord’s house is the place of His presence and the place where believers are planted and continually live and flourish.

"Bear fruit in old age"

2 Cor. 4 says, “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

“I once heard a good Christian man say that he was confessing a fault. He said, ‘I am afraid that the fruit of my old age is peevishness.’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘that is not a fruit of your old age; it is a fruit of your old nature.’ But the fruit of old age, where there is grace in old age, should be patience.” (Spurgeon)