Planted in the house of the LORD,
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
This verse begins the psalm's picture of righteous durability and beauty.
1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. 2to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning 3with the ten-stringed harp 4For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; 5How great are Your works, O LORD, 6A senseless man does not know, 7that though the wicked sprout like grass, 8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever! 9For surely Your enemies, O LORD, 10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; 11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; 12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, 13Planted in the house of the LORD, 14In old age they will still bear fruit; 15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock,