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But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God`s house. I trust in God`s lovingkindness forever and ever.
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The Flourishing Believer
Commentators explain that the “green olive tree” is a rich symbol. It represents not just prosperity, but also vigor, fruitfulness, peace, and endurance. Unlike the wicked who are uprooted, the believer who is close to God is like this flourishing, stable, and life-giving tree, secure under divine protection.
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Psalms
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
But I am like. —The flourishing olive alternates with the vine, in Hebrew poetry, as an emblem of prosperous Israel. ([Re…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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…
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