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Psalms 52:8

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

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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.

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַאֲנִ֤י׀va.'a.Niand IH589 →
כְּזַ֣יִתke.Za.yit[am] like an olive treeH2132 →
רַ֭עֲנָןRa.'a.nonluxuriantH7488 →
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
בָּטַ֥חְתִּיba.Tach.tiI trustH982 →
בְחֶֽסֶד־ve.che.sed-in [the] covenant loyalty ofH2617 →
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
עוֹלָ֥םo.LamforeverH5769 →
וָעֶֽד׃va.'Edand everH5703 →

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Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalms 92:12–14The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Hosea 14:6–8His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.Jeremiah 11:16The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.Romans 11:24For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotionRomans 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,Revelation 11:4These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.Hosea 14:6His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.Psalms 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.1 Timothy 4:10To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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