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Epiphany Season · Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Psalm 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 (cf. 2a)

A Song for the Sabbath: The Righteous Flourish

February 27, 2028

Cedars of Lebanon, Antoine-Alphonse Montfort
Cedars of Lebanon, Antoine-Alphonse Montfort, 1837The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A grove of ancient cedars spreads its dark branches across a sunlit mountain slope in Lebanon.The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Antoine-Alphonse MontfortA French painter who travelled in Syria and Lebanon in the 1830s and painted what he saw there.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the largest art museums in the world.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 6:39-45Lk 6:39-45
Second Reading1 Cor. 15:54-581 Cor 15:54-58
First ReadingSir. 27:4-7Sir 27:4-7
Responsorial PsalmPs. 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 (cf. 2a)Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 (cf. 2a)

Overview & Insights

“The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” (Psalm 92:12)

The only psalm titled for the Sabbath gives thanks for God's steadfast love and faithfulness and pictures the righteous, planted in the house of the Lord, flourishing and bearing fruit into old age.

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Commentary

BibleHub: Psalm 92:2 CommentariesBibleHub: Ps 92:2 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentaries on this Sabbath song of thanksgiving.

Enduring Word: Psalm 92Enduring Word: Ps 92 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse notes on the righteous flourishing like a palm tree.

StudyLight: Psalm 92 (Barnes' Notes)StudyLight: Ps 92 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Albert Barnes' close reading of the psalm's contrast between the wicked and the righteous.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Psalm 92:2-16Sefaria: Ps 92:2-16 Sefaria

Hebrew text alongside translation, with linked classical Jewish commentaries.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Psalm 92Catena: Ps 92 Catena

Patristic comment chain gathering the Fathers on this Sabbath psalm.

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