Psalms 52:8 KJV — MannaFest

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

KJV

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ASV

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

WEB

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

YLT

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

DBT

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house ofGod: I will confide in the loving-kindness ofGod for ever and ever.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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14 verses on the floor

Psalms 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 92:12–14
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6–8
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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In singing this psalm we should conceive a detestation of the sin of lying, foresee the ruin of those that persist in it, and please ourselves with the assurance of the preservation of God's church and people, in spite of all the malicious designs of the children of Satan, that father of lies.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

9 ), deriving its root and fatness from the good olive, Rom. xi. Now what must we do that we may be as green olive-trees? We must live a life of faith and holy confidence in God and his grace?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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