Thursday, June 22, 2023

Thursday's Thoughts: The Uncompromisingly Righteous Shall Flourish

 

PSALM 92

Although this song is for the Sabbath Day
I think the theme applies for every day of our lives.


A view of the desert in Israel with a palm tree oasis in
 the foreground and parched desert hills in the distance.
Photograph courtesy/Dreamstime.com


It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing
 praises with musical accompaniment, to Your name, O Most High.

To show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning
 and Your faithfulness by night.

With an instrument of ten strings and with the lute,
 with a solemn sound upon the lyre.

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works;
 at the deeds of Your hands I joyfully sing.

How great are Your doings, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.

A man in his rude and uncultivated state knows not, 
 neither does a self-confident fool understand this:

That though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to be destroyed forever.

But You, Lord, are on high forever.

For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord, for behold, Your enemies
shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered.

But my horn, emblem of excessive strength and grace, You have
exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil.

My eye looks upon those who lie in wait for me; my ears hear
the evildoers that rise up against me.

The uncompromisingly righteous shall flourish like the palm tree,
be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful; they shall grow
like a cedar in Lebanon, majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible.

Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Growing in grace, they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full
 of sap, of spiritual vitality and rich in the verdure of trust, love, and contentment.

They are living memorials to show that the Lord is upright and faithful
to His promises; He is my Rock and there is no unrighteousness in Him.



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