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I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/52.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/52.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/52.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But I <i>am</i> like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/52.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But I <i>am</i> like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/52.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/52.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/52.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/52.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/52.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/52.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/52.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God&#8217s faithful love forever and ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/52.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/52.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I am like an olive tree growing in God's house, and I can count on his love forever and ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/52.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/52.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But I am like a large olive tree in God's house. I trust the mercy of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/52.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But I am like an olive tree growing in the house of God; I trust in his constant love forever and ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/52.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/52.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/52.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/52.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/52.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/52.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/52.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I, as a green olive in the house of God, "" I have trusted in the kindness of God, "" For all time and forever,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/52.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/52.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><RF q=*><font color=#808080><i>The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for </i></font><i><font color=#0000FF> <a href=#>Ps 52:10</a></i></font><Rf>And I am as a green olive tree in the house of God: I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/52.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/52.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 51:10>But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/52.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But I, like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God, I trust in God’s mercy forever and ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/52.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/52.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/52.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I, like a glorious olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the grace of God for eternity and to the eternity of eternities.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/52.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But as for me, I am like a leafy olive-tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/52.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/52-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=6250" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/52.htm">Why Do You Boast of Evil?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">But I</a> <a href="/hebrew/2132.htm" title="2132: kə·za·yiṯ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Olive tree, olive. Probably from an unused root; an olive, the tree, the branch or the berry.">am like an olive tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/7488.htm" title="7488: ra·‘ă·nān (Adj-ms) -- Luxuriant, fresh. From an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous.">flourishing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God;</a> <a href="/hebrew/982.htm" title="982: bā·ṭaḥ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To trust. A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure.">I trust</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḇə·ḥe·seḏ- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">in the loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5703.htm" title="5703: wā·‘eḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Perpetuity. From adah; properly, a terminus, i.e. duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity.">and ever.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">Jeremiah 17:7-8</a></span><br />But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. / He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></span><br />He 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Hosea 14:6</a></span><br />His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a></span><br />to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12-14</a></span><br />The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a></span><br />I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-18</a></span><br />Now 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, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-17.htm">Matthew 7:17-20</a></span><br />Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. / Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Ephesians 3:17</a></span><br />so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Colossians 2:7</a></span><br />rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35</a></span><br />I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a></span><br />that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">Isaiah 44:4</a></span><br />They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm">Ezekiel 17:24</a></span><br />Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.</p><p class="hdg">like</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12-14</a></b></br> The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16</a></b></br> The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, <i>and</i> of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.</p><p class="hdg">I trust</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/13-5.htm">Psalm 13:5</a></b></br> But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/33-18.htm">Psalm 33:18</a></b></br> Behold, the eye of the LORD <i>is</i> upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-11.htm">Psalm 147:11</a></b></br> The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Age</a> <a href="/hosea/14-8.htm">Branching</a> <a href="/psalms/40-3.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/psalms/52-7.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Flourishing</a> <a href="/psalms/52-5.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">God's</a> <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Green</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/52-4.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/job/29-6.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/job/15-33.htm">Olive-Tree</a> <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/psalms/49-13.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Unfailing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/66-7.htm">Age</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Branching</a> <a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/psalms/54-5.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/92-14.htm">Flourishing</a> <a href="/psalms/52-9.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">God's</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Green</a> <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/60-5.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">Olive-Tree</a> <a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/80-15.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/psalms/77-8.htm">Unfailing</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 52</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">David, condemning the spitefulness of Doeg, prophesies his destruction</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/52-6.htm">The righteous shall rejoice at it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">David, upon his confidence in God's mercy, gives thanks</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is deeply rooted and can live for hundreds of years, representing stability and endurance. In biblical times, olive trees were highly valued for their oil, which was used for anointing, lighting lamps, and cooking. The psalmist's comparison to an olive tree suggests a life that is fruitful and enduring, deeply rooted in faith.<p><b>flourishing in the house of God;</b><br>The imagery of flourishing in the house of God indicates spiritual prosperity and growth. The house of God refers to the temple, a place of worship and the presence of God. This phrase suggests that true flourishing comes from being in close relationship with God, akin to being planted in His presence. The temple was central to Jewish worship, and being associated with it implies a life dedicated to God.<p><b>I trust in the loving devotion of God</b><br>Trusting in God's loving devotion, or "hesed" in Hebrew, emphasizes a reliance on His steadfast love and mercy. This covenantal love is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, highlighting God's faithfulness to His people. The psalmist's trust is not in human strength or wisdom but in the unwavering love of God, which is a source of comfort and assurance.<p><b>forever and ever.</b><br>The phrase "forever and ever" underscores the eternal nature of God's love and the psalmist's trust in it. This eternal perspective is a common theme in the Psalms, pointing to the everlasting covenant between God and His people. It reflects a confidence that God's loving devotion will endure beyond the temporal challenges of life, offering hope and security for the future.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/52.htm">Psalm 52</a>, David contrasts the fate of the wicked with the righteous, using the metaphor of an olive tree to describe his own trust in God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/doeg_the_edomite.htm">Doeg the Edomite</a></b><br>The context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/52.htm">Psalm 52</a> is linked to the betrayal of David by Doeg, who informed Saul about David's whereabouts, leading to the massacre of the priests at Nob.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_god.htm">The House of God</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the presence and sanctuary of God, where the righteous find refuge and sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/flourishing_in_faith.htm">Flourishing in Faith</a></b><br>Like the olive tree, believers are called to flourish in their faith, deeply rooted in the presence of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_loving_devotion.htm">Trust in God's Loving Devotion</a></b><br>The Hebrew word for "loving devotion" (chesed) signifies God's steadfast love and mercy. Trusting in this attribute of God provides stability and hope.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_roots.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Roots</a></b><br>Just as an olive tree requires deep roots to thrive, Christians need to cultivate a deep relationship with God through prayer, scripture, and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>Despite adversities, like David faced with Doeg's betrayal, believers can remain steadfast by trusting in God's eternal faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_part_of_god's_household.htm">Living as Part of God's Household</a></b><br>Being in the "house of God" implies living in community with other believers, supporting and encouraging one another in faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_52.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 52</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_russell's_bible_views_differ.htm">What is the biblical significance of the olive tree?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/romans_11_17-18__grafting_as_spiritual_change.htm">Romans 11:17–18 – How can the metaphor of grafting branches represent a real spiritual transformation without conflicting scientific understanding of plant biology? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_olive_tree's_biblical_meaning.htm">What is the biblical significance of the olive tree?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_boast_of_evil_if_god's_good_is_eternal.htm">In Psalm 52:1, how can a “mighty man” boast of evil if God’s goodness is supposedly everlasting? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/52.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">But I am like.</span>--The flourishing olive alternates with the vine, in Hebrew poetry, as an emblem of prosperous Israel. (See <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm" title="The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.">Jeremiah 11:16</a>; <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm" title="His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.">Hosea 14:6</a>.) The epithet "green" hardly refers to the colour so much as the "vigour" of the tree, for the foliage of "wan grey olive wood" cannot be called verdant. But though the olive is scarcely, to our Western eyes, a beautiful tree, "to the Oriental the coolness of the pale-blue foliage, its evergreen freshness, spread like a silver sea along the slopes of the hills, speaks of peace and plenty, food and gladness" (Tristram, <span class= "ital">Nat. Hist. of the Bible, </span>p. 374).<p><span class= "bld">In the house of God.</span>--Here and in the more elaborate simile (<a href="/psalms/92-13.htm" title="Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.">Psalm 92:13</a>) the situation, "in the house of God," is added to show that the prophecy has come of religious trust. It is quite possible that trees were actually planted in the precincts of the Temple, as they are in the Haram area now, so that the rendering, "near the house of God," would express a literal fact. Or the whole may be figurative, as in the verse, "like the olive branches round about Thy table."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/52.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God</span>. In conclusion, the psalmist contrasts his own condition, as one of God's people, with that of Doeg, which he had described in vers. 7-9. Doeg is about to be "plucked up" and "rooted out of the land of the living" (ver. 5); he is like a flourishing green olive tree planted in the sanctuary, or "house of God." Doeg is entirely without any trust in the Almighty (ver. 7); he declares of himself, <span class="cmt_word">I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever</span>. It is questioned whether olive trees were at any time planted in the courts of either the tabernacle or the temple; but it certainly cannot be proved that they were not. In the courts of Egyptian temples trees were abundant (Herod., 2:138; Wilkinson, in the author's 'Herodotus,' vol. 2. p. 236), also probably in Phoenician temples (Perrot and Chipiez, ' Histoire de l'Art dans l'An-tiquite,' vol. 3. p. 322). And to this day there grow in the Hardin area at Jerusalem, on the site of the Jewish temple, a number of magnificent cypresses, olive, and lemon trees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/52-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But I</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲנִ֤י ׀</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am like an olive tree</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּזַ֣יִת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·za·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2132.htm">Strong's 2132: </a> </span><span class="str2">An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flourishing</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֭עֲנָן</span> <span class="translit">(ra·‘ă·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7488.htm">Strong's 7488: </a> </span><span class="str2">Verdant, new, prosperous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God;</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I trust</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּטַ֥חְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ṭaḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_982.htm">Strong's 982: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trust, be confident, sure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the loving devotion</span><br /><span class="heb">בְחֶֽסֶד־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḥe·seḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ever.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָעֶֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·‘eḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5703.htm">Strong's 5703: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, terminus, duration, advance, perpetuity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 52:8 But as for me I am like (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/52-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 52:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 52:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/52-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 52:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 52:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>