They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.” (Psalms 92:14-15 NIV)
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The Psalms are our earliest praise and worship songs, and sometimes the psalmist hits the nail on the head, like any good pop lyric.
Psalm 92 has a simple message and vivid imagery behind it: The good guys will win in the end.
Who, I ask, are the good guys and why will they bear fruit in old age, staying fresh and green?
In this psalm, they are anyone who proclaims "The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." They are God's people. They are anyone the psalmist refers to earlier as "the righteous."
Part of the power of this psalm is the sharp contrast drawn between God's people and literally everyone else. You're either in or you're out. The psalmist has harsh words to describe the others: senseless people, fools, wicked, evildoers, enemies, adversaries, foes! He acknowledges that they will spring up like grass, and even that they will flourish, but that they will ultimately be destroyed forever.
Today, I will seek opportunities to share that the Lord is worthy of respect, the solution to my problems, and that there is no wickedness in him. (This should make for an interesting day!)
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