But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God (Psalms 52:8a-b) – I am safe and happy, despite the effort made by…

But I am like. —The flourishing olive alternates with the vine, in Hebrew poetry, as an emblem of prosperous Israel. ([Re…

But I am like a green olive-tree We have seen that David was enabled, by the exercise of faith, to look down upon the worldly grandeur of…

But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God
Or rather it should be supplied, "I shall be" ^F4 ;…

Those wretchedly deceive themselves who think they can support themselves in power and wealth without God. The wicked man trusted in the abundance …

1. Here begins the second set of fifty psalms. As was said at the beginning of the book, the first fifty relate to penitents, and this secon…