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Q: What Does the Bible Say About Growing Old?

In a culture that worships youth, the Bible honors age. Gray hair is a crown. The elderly still bear fruit.

Psalms 92 — The one where old age is actually a flex

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Key Takeaways

The righteous are compared to palm trees and cedars that keep bearing fruit in old age — lowkey one of the most encouraging images in all of Scripture.

The wicked sprouting like grass isn't the flex it looks like — grass gets cut while God stays eternal, and that's the whole point.
Praising God morning and night isn't framed as a duty — it's described as genuinely good, like something that fills you up from the inside.
The psalmist gets personal about God literally leveling them up and scattering their enemies in real time — this is testimony, not just theology.
This is the official Sabbath day psalm — written specifically for when you stop grinding and just worship.

📢 Chapter 92 — The Worship Anthem 🎶

This was written specifically for Sabbath day — the day you stop grinding and just worship. It's a reminder that praising God isn't a chore; it's the best thing you can do with your time.

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And the psalmist isn't just going through the motions. This is someone who has genuinely seen God work, watched the wicked fall, and come out the other side still standing — still growing, still bearing fruit. 🌿

Morning and Night Worship Slaps 🎵

The psalm opens with a declaration that's simple but hits different — thanking God and singing to Him is genuinely good. Not "good" like a duty you check off, but good like it fills something in you.

"It is good to give thanks to the Lord — to sing praises to the Most High. Declare His steadfast love in the morning and His faithfulness at night. Pull out the instruments, turn the worship up, and let the melody carry it."

"Because You, Lord, have made me glad by what You've done. When I look at the work of Your hands, I can't help but sing for joy."

That's the vibe right there — not forced, not performative. Just someone so moved by what God has done that is the only response that makes sense. 🙏

The Wicked Are Cooked 🧠

Now the psalmist shifts into mode. God's works are great, His thoughts are deep — and not everyone has the capacity to understand that.

"How great are Your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep. The foolish person can't even begin to understand this — that yeah, the wicked might sprout up like grass and evildoers might look like they're flourishing, but they are doomed to destruction forever."

"But You, O Lord, are on high forever. Your enemies — look — Your enemies will perish. Every evildoer will be scattered."

This is the part people miss when they're watching someone succeed and wondering why. The wicked sprouting like grass isn't a flex — grass gets cut. God is eternal. They are not. That's the whole point, no cap.

Strength and Victory ⚡

The psalmist gets personal here. This isn't just theology — it's testimony. God didn't just win in general. He showed up in the psalmist's actual life.

"But You have exalted my strength like that of a wild ox. You have poured fresh oil over me. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of those who came against me."

"Exalted my horn" is ancient talk for "leveled me up." While the enemies were getting scattered, the psalmist was getting with fresh oil — renewed, strengthened, elevated. That's a W only God can give. ✨

Still Bearing Fruit 🌴

Here's the finale, and it's one of the most encouraging images in all of . The don't just survive — they flourish.

"The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God."

"They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of life and green — declaring that the Lord is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him."

Palm trees and cedars aren't fragile. They're deep-rooted, weather-resistant, and they keep growing for centuries. That's the picture — people planted in God's presence don't expire. They don't age out of usefulness. They keep producing fruit season after season. And their whole existence is proof that God is faithful and there's nothing crooked about Him. 🪨