Psalms 92:13

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 92:13 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalms 92:13 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 92

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
13They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Those that be planted in the house of the Lord - As if plants were reared up in the house of God. The same image, under the idea of the olive tree, occurs in Psalms 52:8. See the notes at that verse. The passage here may refer particularly to those who have been trained up in connection with the church; young plants set out in the sanctuary, and cultivated until they have reached their growth. Shall flourish in the courts of our God - That is, Having been planted there, they will grow there; they will send out their boughs there; they will produce fruit there. The “courts” of the house of God were properly the areas or open spaces around the tabernacle or the temple (see the notes at Matthew…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Planted - Whom God by his gracious providence has fixed there. The house - In its courts; he means in the church of God, whereof all good men are living members. Psalms 92:14”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“92:13 The Temple area consisted of the Lord’s own house and the courts that surrounded it.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Those: Isa 60:21; Rom 6:5, Rom 11:17; Eph 3:17 shall flourish: Isa 61:3; Pe2 3:18 in the: Psa 100:4, Psa 135:2; Ch2 4:9 Psalms 92:14”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The soil in which the righteous are planted or (if it is not rendered with the lxx πεφυτευμένοι, but with the other Greek versions μεταφυτευθέντες) into which they are transplanted, and where they take root, a planting of the Lord, for His praise, is His holy Temple, the centre of a family fellowship with God that is brought about from that point as its starting-point and is unlimited by time and space. There they stand as in sacred ground and air, which impart to them ever new powers of life; they put forth buds (הפריח as in Job 14:9) and preserve a verdant freshness and marrowy vitality (like the olive, 52:10, Jdg 9:9) even into their old age (נוּב of a productive force for putting out…”
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