Psalm 92

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.
In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,
showing that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Again, the psalms assigned for today are contradictory.

The confidence of the verses above contrast sharply with Psalm 88:

I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.

Humans have tended to view God as puppet master, pulling strings to cause us joy or pain.

God is creator, but as with Geppetto the creation has its own will and chooses its own way.

Psalm 92