R. Chiya lectured: "What is the meaning of the passage (Ps. 92, 13) The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree; like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high. Why are both the palm-tree and the cedar mentioned? If the palm-tree only were mentioned, I would say that just as a branch of the palm-tree (Ib. b) which is broken off does not grow up again, so will it be with the righteous — he will leave no one in his stead; [therefore a cedar is also mentioned, which grows up again]. And if a cedar only were mentioned, I might say that just as the cedar does not bear fruit, so will it also come to pass that the righteous will not bear fruit; therefore both the palm-tree and the cedar are mentioned."

(Fol. 80b) Does not the root of a cedar tree reproduce branches? Has not R. Chiya b. Lulynil lectured: "What is the meaning of the passage (Ps. 22, 13) The righteous shall spring up like a palm tree, like a cedar? etc. Why are both trees mentioned? If it mentioned the cedar only, one might say that just as the cedar does not yield any products, so is the upright. Therefore it mentions the palm trees. And if the latter only were mentioned, one might say that just as a palm tree does not improve after being cut off, so is the righteous. Therefore, both are mentioned. Hence we see that a cedar does improve." This speaks of different kinds of cedars which do improve; for Rabba b. R. Huna said : "There are ten different kinds of cedars, as it is said (Is. 41, 19). I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, etc.

"As the palm makes fruit and the cedar of Lebanon replaces stems

The praise of the body / sh’vacha d’gufa: “This qomah of yours is likened to a date palm / zo’t qomateikh damtah l’tamar” [So 7:8]. And one that knows the measure of Her stature/body / shi`ur qomah dilah (symbolized by the upright palm) will inherit the world that is coming. . . about which it says: “Israel’s purifying pool / miqveh Yisra’el is YHVH” [Je 17:13]—miqveh/MQVH מקוה , which is Her body/qomah/QVMH קומה , Her shi`ur. Sh`iur qomah – this is the Righteous One /Tsadiq, about whom it says: “Tsadiq like a date palm will bloom” [Ps 92:13]

R. Nehorai says : "I will put aside all the worldly occupations," etc. We are taught in a Baraitha that R. Nehorai says : "I will put aside all the worldly occupations and will teach my son only the Torah; for all other occupations are good for a man only during his youth, but when he becomes old, he is exposed to hunger when unable to perform his duty, while the Torah is not so. She stands with the man when he is young and gives him a good and lasting hope in his old age." "Concerning his youth, what does the passage say? (Is. 40, 31) Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acqiure new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles. And concerning the aged, what does the passage say? (Ps. 92, 15) They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness."

הרנינו גויים, “you who are the arrows of the Lord and His sword make the nations acclaim, sing aloud! So that they will realise that G’d is fair and does not commit any injustice. Compare Psalms 67,5 ישמחו וירננו לאומים כי תשפוט עמים מישור,”nations will exult and shout for joy, for You rule the peoples with equity”