Psalms 52:8 · 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.”
— Psalms 52:8
Lo, {this is} the man {that} made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, {and} strengthened himself in his wickedness. {wickedness: or, substance}
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done {it}: and I will wait on thy name; for {it is} good before thy saints.
Psalms 52 — Context
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7Lo, {this is} the man {that} made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, {and} strengthened himself in his wickedness. {wickedness: or, substance}
8But I {am} like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done {it}: and I will wait on thy name; for {it is} good before thy saints.
Cross References
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. {spread: Heb. go}
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. {wither: Heb. fade}
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, {and} of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Psalms 147:11
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Romans 11:24
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural {branches}, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Psalms 33:18
Behold, the eye of the LORD {is} upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;