Psalms 92:14 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit ^H5107 in old age; ^H7872 they shall be fat ^H1879 and flourishing; ^H7488

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Every ^G3956 branch ^G2814 in ^G1722 me ^G1698 that ^G846 beareth ^G5342 not ^G3361 fruit ^G2590 he taketh away: ^G142 and ^G2532 every ^G3956 branch that beareth ^G5342 fruit, ^G2590 he purgeth ^G2508 it, ^G846 that ^G2443 it may bring forth ^G5342 more ^G4119 fruit. ^G2590 Now ^G2235 ye ^G5210 are ^G2075 clean ^G2513 through ^G1223 the word ^G3056 which ^G3739 I have spoken ^G2980 unto you. ^G5213 Abide ^G3306 in ^G1722 me, ^G1698 and I ^G2504 in ^G1722 you. ^G5213 As ^G2531 the branch ^G2814 cannot ^G3756 ^G1410 bear ^G5342 fruit ^G2590 of ^G575 itself, ^G1438 except ^G3362 it abide ^G3306 in ^G1722 the vine; ^G288 no more ^G3761 ^G3779 can ye, ^G5210 except ^G3362 ye abide ^G3306 in ^G1722 me. ^G1698 I ^G1473 am ^G1510 the vine, ^G288 ye ^G5210 are the branches: ^G2814 He that abideth ^G3306 in ^G1722 me, ^G1698 and I ^G2504 in ^G1722 him, ^G846 the same ^G3778 bringeth forth ^G5342 much ^G4183 fruit: ^G2590 for ^G3754 without ^G5565 me ^G1700 ye can ^G1410 do ^G4160 nothing. ^G3756 ^G3762

Furthermore David ^H1732 the king ^H4428 said ^H559 unto all the congregation, ^H6951 Solomon ^H8010 my son, ^H1121 whom alone ^H259 God ^H430 hath chosen, ^H977 is yet young ^H5288 and tender, ^H7390 and the work ^H4399 is great: ^H1419 for the palace ^H1002 is not for man, ^H120 but for the LORD ^H3068 God. ^H430 Now I have prepared ^H3559 with all my might ^H3581 for the house ^H1004 of my God ^H430 the gold ^H2091 for things to be made of gold, ^H2091 and the silver ^H3701 for things of silver, ^H3701 and the brass ^H5178 for things of brass, ^H5178 the iron ^H1270 for things of iron, ^H1270 and wood ^H6086 for things of wood; ^H6086 onyx ^H7718 stones, ^H68 and stones to be set, ^H4394 glistering ^H6320 stones, ^H68 and of divers colours, ^H7553 and all manner of precious ^H3368 stones, ^H68 and marble ^H7893 stones ^H68 in abundance. ^H7230 Moreover, because I have set my affection ^H7521 to the house ^H1004 of my God, ^H430 I have ^H3426 of mine own proper good, ^H5459 of gold ^H2091 and silver, ^H3701 which I have given ^H5414 to the house ^H1004 of my God, ^H430 over and above ^H4605 all that I have prepared ^H3559 for the holy ^H6944 house, ^H1004 Even three ^H7969 thousand ^H505 talents ^H3603 of gold, ^H2091 of the gold ^H2091 of Ophir, ^H211 and seven ^H7651 thousand ^H505 talents ^H3603 of refined ^H2212 silver, ^H3701 to overlay ^H2902 the walls ^H7023 of the houses ^H1004 withal: The gold ^H2091 for things of gold, ^H2091 and the silver ^H3701 for things of silver, ^H3701 and for all manner of work ^H4399 to be made by the hands ^H3027 of artificers. ^H2796 And who then is willing ^H5068 to consecrate ^H4390 his service ^H3027 this day ^H3117 unto the LORD? ^H3068 Then the chief ^H8269 of the fathers ^H1 and princes ^H8269 of the tribes ^H7626 of Israel, ^H3478 and the captains ^H8269 of thousands ^H505 and of hundreds, ^H3967 with the rulers ^H8269 of the king's ^H4428 work, ^H4399 offered willingly, ^H5068 And gave ^H5414 for the service ^H5656 of the house ^H1004 of God ^H430 of gold ^H2091 five ^H2568 thousand ^H505 talents ^H3603 and ten thousand ^H7239 drams, ^H150 and of silver ^H3701 ten ^H6235 thousand ^H505 talents, ^H3603 and of brass ^H5178 eighteen ^H8083 ^H7239 thousand ^H505 talents, ^H3603 and one hundred ^H3967 thousand ^H505 talents ^H3603 of iron. ^H1270 And they with whom precious stones ^H68 were found ^H4672 gave ^H5414 them to the treasure ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 by the hand ^H3027 of Jehiel ^H3171 the Gershonite. ^H1649 Then the people ^H5971 rejoiced, ^H8055 for that they offered willingly, ^H5068 because with perfect ^H8003 heart ^H3820 they offered willingly ^H5068 to the LORD: ^H3068 and David ^H1732 the king ^H4428 also rejoiced ^H8055 with great ^H1419 joy. ^H8057 Wherefore David ^H1732 blessed ^H1288 the LORD ^H3068 before ^H5869 all the congregation: ^H6951 and David ^H1732 said, ^H559 Blessed ^H1288 be thou, LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478 our father, ^H1 for ^H5704 ever ^H5769 and ever. ^H5769 Thine, O LORD, ^H3068 is the greatness, ^H1420 and the power, ^H1369 and the glory, ^H8597 and the victory, ^H5331 and the majesty: ^H1935 for all that is in the heaven ^H8064 and in the earth ^H776 is thine; thine is the kingdom, ^H4467 O LORD, ^H3068 and thou art exalted ^H4984 as head ^H7218 above all. Both riches ^H6239 and honour ^H3519 come of thee, ^H6440 and thou reignest ^H4910 over all; and in thine hand ^H3027 is power ^H3581 and might; ^H1369 and in thine hand ^H3027 it is to make great, ^H1431 and to give strength ^H2388 unto all. Now therefore, our God, ^H430 we thank ^H3034 thee, and praise ^H1984 thy glorious ^H8597 name. ^H8034 But who am I, and what is my people, ^H5971 that we should be ^H6113 able ^H3581 to offer so willingly ^H5068 after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own ^H3027 have we given ^H5414 thee. For we are strangers ^H1616 before ^H6440 thee, and sojourners, ^H8453 as were all our fathers: ^H1 our days ^H3117 on the earth ^H776 are as a shadow, ^H6738 and there is none abiding. ^H4723 O LORD ^H3068 our God, ^H430 all this store ^H1995 that we have prepared ^H3559 to build ^H1129 thee an house ^H1004 for thine holy ^H6944 name ^H8034 cometh of thine hand, ^H3027 and is all thine own. I know ^H3045 also, my God, ^H430 that thou triest ^H974 the heart, ^H3824 and hast pleasure ^H7521 in uprightness. ^H3476 As for me, in the uprightness ^H4339 of mine heart ^H3824 I have willingly offered ^H5068 all these things: and now have I seen ^H7200 with joy ^H8057 thy people, ^H5971 which are present ^H4672 here, to offer willingly ^H5068 unto thee. O LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Abraham, ^H85 Isaac, ^H3327 and of Israel, ^H3478 our fathers, ^H1 keep ^H8104 this for ever ^H5769 in the imagination ^H3336 of the thoughts ^H4284 of the heart ^H3824 of thy people, ^H5971 and prepare ^H3559 their heart ^H3824 unto thee: And give ^H5414 unto Solomon ^H8010 my son ^H1121 a perfect ^H8003 heart, ^H3824 to keep ^H8104 thy commandments, ^H4687 thy testimonies, ^H5715 and thy statutes, ^H2706 and to do ^H6213 all these things, and to build ^H1129 the palace, ^H1002 for the which I have made provision. ^H3559 And David ^H1732 said ^H559 to all the congregation, ^H6951 Now bless ^H1288 the LORD ^H3068 your God. ^H430 And all the congregation ^H6951 blessed ^H1288 the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of their fathers, ^H1 and bowed down their heads, ^H6915 and worshipped ^H7812 the LORD, ^H3068 and the king. ^H4428 And they sacrificed ^H2076 sacrifices ^H2077 unto the LORD, ^H3068 and offered ^H5927 burnt offerings ^H5930 unto the LORD, ^H3068 on the morrow ^H4283 after that day, ^H3117 even a thousand ^H505 bullocks, ^H6499 a thousand ^H505 rams, ^H352 and a thousand ^H505 lambs, ^H3532 with their drink offerings, ^H5262 and sacrifices ^H2077 in abundance ^H7230 for all Israel: ^H3478 And did eat ^H398 and drink ^H8354 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 on that day ^H3117 with great ^H1419 gladness. ^H8057 And they made Solomon ^H8010 the son ^H1121 of David ^H1732 king ^H4427 the second time, ^H8145 and anointed ^H4886 him unto the LORD ^H3068 to be the chief governor, ^H5057 and Zadok ^H6659 to be priest. ^H3548 Then Solomon ^H8010 sat on ^H3427 the throne ^H3678 of the LORD ^H3068 as king ^H4428 instead of David ^H1732 his father, ^H1 and prospered; ^H6743 and all Israel ^H3478 obeyed ^H8085 him. And all the princes, ^H8269 and the mighty men, ^H1368 and all the sons ^H1121 likewise of king ^H4428 David, ^H1732 submitted themselves ^H5414 ^H3027 ^H8478 unto Solomon ^H8010 the king. ^H4428 And the LORD ^H3068 magnified ^H1431 Solomon ^H8010 exceedingly ^H4605 in the sight ^H5869 of all Israel, ^H3478 and bestowed ^H5414 upon him such royal ^H4438 majesty ^H1935 as had not been on any king ^H4428 before ^H6440 him in Israel. ^H3478 Thus David ^H1732 the son ^H1121 of Jesse ^H3448 reigned ^H4427 over all Israel. ^H3478 And the time ^H3117 that he reigned ^H4427 over Israel ^H3478 was forty ^H705 years; ^H8141 seven ^H7651 years ^H8141 reigned ^H4427 he in Hebron, ^H2275 and thirty ^H7970 and three ^H7969 years reigned ^H4427 he in Jerusalem. ^H3389 And he died ^H4191 in a good ^H2896 old age, ^H7872 full ^H7649 of days, ^H3117 riches, ^H6239 and honour: ^H3519 and Solomon ^H8010 his son ^H1121 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. Now the acts ^H1697 of David ^H1732 the king, ^H4428 first ^H7223 and last, ^H314 behold, they are written ^H3789 in the book ^H1697 of Samuel ^H8050 the seer, ^H7200 and in the book ^H1697 of Nathan ^H5416 the prophet, ^H5030 and in the book ^H1697 of Gad ^H1410 the seer, ^H2374 With all his reign ^H4438 and his might, ^H1369 and the times ^H6256 that went over ^H5674 him, and over Israel, ^H3478 and over all the kingdoms ^H4467 of the countries. ^H776

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But ^G1161 the fruit ^G2590 of the Spirit ^G4151 is ^G2076 love, ^G26 joy, ^G5479 peace, ^G1515 longsuffering, ^G3115 gentleness, ^G5544 goodness, ^G19 faith, ^G4102 Meekness, ^G4236 temperance: ^G1466 against ^G2596 such ^G5108 there is ^G2076 no ^G3756 law. ^G3551

Commentary on Psalms 92 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalm 92

It is a groundless opinion of some of the Jewish writers (who are usually free of their conjectures) that this psalm was penned and sung by Adam in innocency, on the first sabbath. It is inconsistent with the psalm itself, which speaks of the workers of iniquity, when as yet sin had not entered. It is probable that it was penned by David, and, being calculated for the sabbath day,

I. Praise, the business of the sabbath, is here recommended (v. 1-3).
II. God's works, which gave occasion for the sabbath, are here celebrated as great and unsearchable in general (v. 4-6). In particular, with reference to the works both of providence and redemption, the psalmist sings unto God both of mercy and judgment, the ruin of sinners and the joy of saints, three times counterchanged.
- 1. The wicked shall perish (v. 7), but God is eternal (v. 8).
- 2. God's enemies shall be cut off, but David shall be exalted (v. 9, 10).
- 3. David's enemies shall be confounded (v. 11), but all the righteous shall be fruitful and flourishing (v. 12-15).

In singing this psalm we must take pleasure in giving to God the glory due to his name, and triumph in his works.

A psalm or song for the sabbath day.

Psa 92:1-6

This psalm was appointed to be sung, at least it usually was sung, in the house of the sanctuary on the sabbath day, that day of rest, which was an instituted memorial of the work of creation, of God's rest from that work, and the continuance of it in his providence; for the Father worketh hitherto. Note,

1. The sabbath day must be a day, not only of holy rest, but of holy work, and the rest is in order to the work.
2. The proper work of the sabbath is praising God; every sabbath day must be a thanksgiving-day; and the other services of the day must be in order to this, and therefore must by no means thrust this into a corner. One of the Jewish writers refers it to the kingdom of the Messiah, and calls it, A psalm or song for the age to come, which shall be all sabbath. Believers, through Christ, enjoy that sabbatism which remains for the people of God (Heb. 4:9), the beginning of the everlasting sabbath. In these verses,
- I. We are called upon and encouraged to praise God (v. 1-3): It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord. Praising God is good work: it is good in itself and good for us. It is our duty, the rent, the tribute, we are to pay to our great Lord; we are unjust if we withhold it. It is our privilege that we are admitted to praise God, and have hope to be accepted in it. It is good, for it is pleasant and profitable, work that is its own wages; it is the work of angels, the work of heaven. It is good to give thanks for the mercies we have received, for that is the way of fetching in further mercy: it is fit to sing to his name who is Most High, exalted above all blessing and praise. Now observe here,
  - 1. How we must praise God. We must do it by showing forth his lovingkindness and his faithfulness. Being convinced of his glorious attributes and perfections, we must show them forth, as those that are greatly affected with them ourselves and desire to affect others with them likewise. We must show forth, not only his greatness and majesty, his holiness and justice, which magnify him and strike an awe upon us, but his lovingkindness and his faithfulness; for his goodness is his glory (Ex. 33:18, 19), and by these he proclaims his name. His mercy and truth are the great supports of our faith and hope, and the great encouragements of our love and obedience; these therefore we must show forth as our pleas in prayer and the matter of our joy. This was then done, not only by singing, but by music joined with it, upon an instrument of ten strings (v. 3); but then it was to be with a solemn sound, not that which was gay, and apt to dissipate the spirits, but that which was grave, and apt to fix them.
  - 2. When we must praise God-in the morning and every night, not only on sabbath days, but every day; it is that which the duty of every day requires. We must praise God, not only in public assemblies, but in secret, and in our families, showing forth, to ourselves and those about us, his lovingkindness and faithfulness. We must begin and end every day with praising God, must give him thanks every morning, when we are fresh and before the business of the day comes in upon us, and every night, when we are again composed and retired, and are recollecting ourselves; we must give him thanks every morning for the mercies of the night and every night for the mercies of the day; going out and coming in we must bless God.
- II. We have an example set before us in the psalmist himself, both to move us to and to direct us in this work (v. 4): Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work. Note,
  - 1. Those can best recommend to others the duty of praise who have themselves experienced the pleasantness of it. "God's works are to be praised, for they have many a time rejoiced my heart; and therefore, whatever others may think of them, I must think well and speak well of them.'
  - 2. If God has given us the joy of his works, there is all the reason in the world why we should give him the honour of them. Has he made our hearts glad? Let us then make his praises glorious. Has God made us glad through the works of his providence for us, and of his grace in us, and both through the great work of redemption?
    - (1.) Let us thence fetch encouragement for our faith and hope; so the psalmist does: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. From a joyful remembrance of what God has done for us we may raise a joyful prospect of what he will do, and triumph in the assurance of it, triumph over all opposition, 2 Th. 2:13, 14.
    - (2.) Let us thence fetch matter for holy adorings and admirings of God (v. 5): O Lord! how great are thy works-great beyond conception, beyond expression, the products of great power and wisdom, of great consequence and importance! men's works are nothing to them. We cannot comprehend the greatness of God's works, and therefore must reverently and awfully wonder at them, and even stand amazed at the magnificence of them. "Men's works are little and trifling, for their thoughts are shallow; but, Lord, thy works are great and such as cannot be measured; for thy thoughts are very deep and such as cannot be fathomed.' God's counsels as much exceed the contrivances of our wisdom as his works do the efforts of our power. His thoughts are above our thoughts, as his ways are above our ways, Isa. 55:9. O the depth of God's designs! Rom. 11:33. The greatness of God's works should lead us to consider the depth of his thoughts, that counsel of his own will according to which he does all things-what a compass his thoughts fetch and to what a length they reach!
- III. We are admonished not to neglect the works of God, by the character of those who do so, v. 6. Those are fools, they are brutish, who do not know, who do not understand, how great God's works are, who will not acquaint themselves with them, nor give him the glory of them; they regard not the work of the Lord nor consider the operation of his hands (Ps. 28:5); particularly, they understand not the meaning of their own prosperity (which is spoken of v. 7); they take it as a pledge of their happiness, whereas it is a preparative for their ruin. If there are so many who know not the designs of Providence, nor care to know them, those who through grace are acquainted with them, and love to be so, have the more reason to be thankful.

Psa 92:7-15

The psalmist had said (v. 4) that from the works of God he would take occasion to triumph; and here he does so.

I. He triumphs over God's enemies (v. 7, 9, 11), triumphs in the foresight of their destruction, not as it would be the misery of his fellow-creatures, but as it would redound to the honour of God's justice and holiness. He is confident of the ruin of sinners,
- 1. Though they are flourishing (v. 7): When the wicked spring as the grass in spring (so numerous, so thickly sown, so green, and growing so fast), and all the workers of iniquity do flourish in pomp, and power, and all the instances of outward prosperity, are easy and many, and succeed in their enterprises, one would think that all this was in order to their being happy, that it was a certain evidence of God's favour and an earnest of something as good or better in reserve: but it is quite otherwise; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. The very prosperity of fools shall slay them, Prov. 1:32. The sheep that are designed for the slaughter are put into the fattest pasture.
- 2. Though they are daring, v. 9. They are thy enemies, and impudently avow themselves to be so. They are contrary to God, and they fight against God. They are in rebellion against his crown and dignity, and therefore it is easy to foresee that they shall perish; for who ever hardened his heart against God and prospered? Note, All the impenitent workers of iniquity shall be deemed and taken as God's enemies, and as such they shall perish and be scattered. Christ reckons those his enemies that will not have him to reign over them; and they shall be brought forth and slain before him. The workers of iniquity are now associated, and closely linked together, in a combination against God and religion; but they shall be scattered, and disabled to help one another against the just judgment of God. In the world to come they shall be separated from the congregation of the righteous; so the Chaldee, Ps. 1:5.
- 3. Though they had a particular malice against the psalmist, and, upon that account, he might be tempted to fear them, yet he triumphs over them (v. 11): "My eye shall see my desire on my enemies that rise up against me; I shall see them not only disabled from doing me any further mischief, but reckoned with for the mischief they have done me, and brought either to repentance or ruin:' and this was his desire concerning them. In the Hebrew it is no more than thus, My eye shall look on my enemies, and my ear shall hear of the wicked. He does not say what he shall see or what he shall hear, but he shall see and hear that in which God will be glorified and in which he will therefore be satisfied. This perhaps has reference to Christ, to his victory over Satan, death, and hell, the destruction of those that persecuted and crucified him, and opposed his gospel, and to the final ruin of the impenitent at the last day. Those that rise up against Christ will fall before him and be made his footstool.
II. He triumphs in God, and his glory and grace.
- 1. In the glory of God (v. 8): "But thou, O Lord! art most high for evermore. The workers of iniquity who fight against us may be high for a time, and think to carry all before them with a high hand, but thou art high, most high, for evermore. Their height will be humbled and brought down, but thine is everlasting.' Let us not therefore fear the pride and power of evil men, nor be discouraged by their impotent menaces, for the moth shall eat them up as a garment, but God's righteousness shall be for ever, Isa. 51:7, 8.
- 2. In the grace of God, his favour and the fruits of it,
  - (1.) To himself (v. 10): "Thou, O Lord! that art thyself most high, shalt exalt my horn.' The great God is the fountain of honour, and he, being high for evermore, himself will exalt his people for ever, for he is the praise of all his saints, Ps. 148:14. The wicked are forbidden to lift up the horn (Ps. 75:4, 5), but those that serve God and the interest of his kingdom with their honour or power, and commit it to him to keep it, to raise it, to use it, and to dispose of it, as he pleases, may hope that he will exalt their horn as the horn of a unicorn, to the greatest height, either in this world or the other: My horn shalt thou exalt, when thy enemies perish; for then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, when the wicked shall be doomed to shame and everlasting contempt. He adds, I shall be anointed with fresh oil, which denotes a fresh confirmation in his office to which he had been anointed, or abundance of plenty, so that he should have fresh oil as often as he pleased, or renewed comforts to revive him when his spirits drooped. Grace is the anointing of the Spirit; when this is given to help in the time of need, and is received, as there is occasion, from the fulness that is in Christ Jesus, we are then anointed with fresh oil. Some read it, When I grow old thou shalt anoint me with fresh oil. My old age shalt thou exalt with rich mercy; so the Septuagint. Compare v. 14, They shall bring forth fruit in old age. The comforts of God's Spirit, and the joys of his salvation, shall be a refreshing oil to the hoary heads that are found in the way of righteousness.
  - (2.) To all the saints. They are here represented as trees of righteousness, Isa. 61:3; Ps. 1:3. Observe,
    - [1.] The good place they are fixed in; they are planted in the house of the Lord, v. 13. The trees of righteousness do not grow of themselves; they are planted, not in common soil, but in paradise, in the house of the Lord. Trees are not usually planted in a house; but God's trees are said to be planted in his house because it is from his grace, by his word and Spirit, that they receive all the sap and virtue that keep them alive and make them fruitful. They fix themselves to holy ordinances, take root in them, abide by them, put themselves under the divine protection, and bring forth all their fruits to God's honour and glory.
    - [2.] The good plight they shall be kept in. It is here promised,
      - First, That they shall grow, v. 12. Where God gives true grace he will give more grace. God's trees shall grow higher, like the cedars, the tall cedars in Lebanon; they shall grow nearer heaven, and with a holy ambition shall aspire towards the upper world; they shall grow stronger, like the cedars, and fitter for use. He that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
      - Secondly, That they shall flourish, both in the credit of their profession and in the comfort and joy of their own souls. They shall be cheerful themselves and respected by all about them. They shall flourish like the palm-tree, which has a stately body (Cant. 7:7), and large boughs, Lev. 23:40; Jdg. 4:5. Dates, the fruit of it, are very pleasant, but it is especially alluded to here as being ever green. The wicked flourish as the grass (v. 7), which is soon withered, but the righteous as the palm-tree, which is long-lived and which the winter does not change. It has been said of the palm-tree, Sub pondere crescit-The more it is pressed down the more it grows; so the righteous flourish under their burdens; the more they are afflicted the more they multiply. Being planted in the house of the Lord (there their root is), they flourish in the courts of our God-there their branches spread. Their life is hid with Christ in God. But their light also shines before men. It is desirable that those who have a place should have a name in God's house, and within his walls, Isa. 56:5. Let good Christians aim to excel, that they may be eminent and may flourish, and so may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour, as flourishing trees adorn the courts of a house. And let those who flourish in God's courts give him the glory of it; it is by virtue of this promise, They shall be fat and flourishing. Their flourishing without is from a fatness within, from the root and fatness of the good olive, Rom. 11:17. Without a living principle of grace in the heart the profession will not be long flourishing; but where that is the leaf also shall not wither, Ps. 1:3. The trees of the Lord are full of sap, Ps. 104:16. See Hos. 14:5, 6.
      - Thirdly, That they shall be fruitful. Were there nothing but leaves upon them, they would not be trees of any value; but they shall still bring forth fruit. The products of sanctification, all the instances of a lively devotion and a useful conversation, good works, by which God is glorified and others are edified, these are the fruits of righteousness, in which it is the privilege, as well as the duty, of the righteous to abound; and their abounding in them is the matter of a promise as well as of a command. It is promised that they shall bring forth fruit in old age. Other trees, when they are old, leave off bearing, but in God's trees the strength of grace does not fail with the strength of nature. The last days of the saints are sometimes their best days, and their last work is their best work. This indeed shows that they are upright; perseverance is the surest evidence of sincerity. But it is here said to show that the Lord is upright (v. 15), that he is true to his promises and faithful to every word that he has spoken, and that he is constant to the work which he has begun. As it is by the promises that believers first partake of a divine nature, so it is by the promises that that divine nature is preserved and kept up; and therefore the power it exerts is an evidence that the Lord is upright, and so he will show himself with an upright man, Ps. 18:25. This the psalmist triumphs in: "He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him. I have chosen him for my rock on which to build, in the clefts of which to take shelter, on the top of which to set my feet. I have found him a rock, strong and stedfast, and his word as firm as a rock. I have found' (and let every one speak as he finds) "that there is no unrighteousness in him.' He is as able, and will be as kind, as his word makes him to be. All that ever trusted in God found him faithful and all-sufficient, and none were ever made ashamed of their hope in him.

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