Psalms 52:8
What meaning of the psalms 52:8 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 52:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever."
What does Psalms 52:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever."
Verse Psalms 52:8. _BUT I_ AM _LIKE A GREEN OLIVE-TREE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD_] _I_ _shall be in the house of God_, full of spiritual vigour, bringing forth evergreen leaves and annual fruit, as the _oli...
BUT I AM LIKE A GREEN OLIVE-TREE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD - I am safe and happy, notwithstanding the effort made by my enemy, the informer, to secure my destruction. I have been kept unharmed, like a green...
Psalms 52 The Proud and Boasting Man __ 1. The character of the man of sin (Psalms 52:1) 2. The character of the righteous (Psalms 52:8) The four Psalms which follow (all Maschil Psalms) give mos...
LII. The Psalmist denounces an enemy of his who trusts in his wealth and in unscrupulous falsehood. He is confident that this adversary will be rooted up and that he himself will flourish and abide in...
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace....
The sight of his fall inspires the righteous with awe, and gives occasion for rejoicing at this proof of God's just government of the world, for trustful hope, and grateful thanksgiving....
BUT I AM LIKE A GREEN OLIVE-TREE— The olive-tree is an evergreen, not liable to decay, and therefore of a very long duration. To this the Psalmist compares himself, to denote the stability and perpetu...
PSALMS 52 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Doeg the Edomite Denounced. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 52:1-5, Doeg Remonstrated with, Described, and Threatened. Stanza II., Psalms 52:6-9, The Laugh of the Righteous...
_BUT I AM LIKE A GREEN OLIVE TREE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD: I TRUST IN THE MERCY OF GOD FOR EVER AND EVER._ But I am like a green olive tree - in contrast to the once mighty sinner. 'plucked out of his dw...
Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David: when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.' In some respects Doeg (1 Samuel 22:9) migh...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
BUT I AM LIKE. — The flourishing olive alternates with the vine, in Hebrew poetry, as an emblem of prosperous Israel. (See Jeremiah 11:16; Hosea 14:6.) The epithet “green” hardly refers to the colour...
_[Psalms 52:10]_ וַ אֲנִ֤י ׀ כְּ זַ֣יִת רַ֭עֲנָן בְּ בֵ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּטַ֥חְתִּי בְ חֶֽסֶד ־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים...
Psalms 52:1 THE progress of feeling in this psalm is clear, but there is no very distinct division into strophes and one of the two Selahs does not mark a transition, though it does make a pause. Fir...
THE BOASTER AND THE TRUSTER Psalms 52:1 The inscription of this psalm describes its origin. The contrast which it presents is full of instruction. The ungodly is often a mighty man in the estimation...
In this song the attitude of God toward the wicked man who is a tyrant is manifest. The mighty man who boasts himself in mischief is first put in striking contrast to God whose mercy endureth continua...
But I [am] like a (g) green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. (g) He rejoices to have a place among the servant's of God, that he may grow in the knowledg...
If we read these sweet verses, first with reference to Christ the head of his Church, and then, as the language of faith, from a conscious union with him, as the members of his body, we shall enter in...
8_But I am like a green olive-tree _(283) We have seen that David was enabled, by the exercise of faith, to look down upon the worldly grandeur of Doeg with a holy contempt; and now we find him rising...
In Psalms 52 we find faith as regards the power of the wicked man, who was in presence of the godly. The goodness of God endured. God would destroy the proud and deceitful man, while the righteous wou...
BUT I [AM] LIKE A GREEN OLIVE TREE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD,.... Or rather it should be supplied, "I shall be" d; since David was at this time an exile from the house of God: and this expresses his faith a...
But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. Ver. 8. _But I am like a green olive tree, &c._] Thus, when Doeg blasted David, David blessed hi...
_I am like a green olive-tree_ When Doeg and his brethren shall wither and perish, I, who have made God my refuge; I, whom he despised and persecuted, and thought to be in a desperate condition, shall...
THE PUNISHMENT OF EVIL TONGUES. To the chief musician, for use in public worship, Maschil, a didactic anthem, a psalm of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is...
6-9 Those wretchedly deceive themselves, who think to support themselves in power and wealth without God. The wicked man trusted in the abundance of his riches; he thought his wickedness would help h...
I AM LIKE A GREEN OLIVE TREE; when Doeg and his brethren shall wither and perish, I, who have made God my refuge, I, whom he despised and persecuted, and thought to be in a desperate condition, shall...
Psalms 52:8 green H7488 tree H2132 house H1004 God H430 trust H982 (H8804) mercy H2617 God H430 forever H5769 ever H5703 like - Psalms 1:3, Psalms 92:12-14; Jeremiah 11:16; Hosea 14:6
A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE RIGHTEOUS SEE THE DECEITFUL MAN'S FATE AND THE PERSONAL VINDICATION OF EACH OF THE RIGHTEOUS CONCERNING THEMSELVES (PSALMS 52:6). Psalms 52:6 ‘The righteous also will see, a...
Psalms 52:8 I. Consider what mercy is. (1) Mercy is not to be confounded with mere goodness. Goodness may demand the exercise of justice; mercy asks that justice be set aside. (2) Mercy is a disposit...
CONTENTS: The triumph of God's people over all oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who think to support themselves in their own power and wealth without God and His Word, are wretc...
The title of this psalm is not disputed. It relates to the treachery of Doeg. See the history, 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Samuel 22:9. Psalms 52:1. _Why boastest thou,_ oh Doeg, of thy superior loyalty to Saul...
_Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?_ A SOCIAL BETRAYER This psalm may be regarded as presenting to us a social betrayer in a variety of aspects. Doeg was an “informer,” one whom We...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 52:1. The faithful develop confidence in God’s care and protection, particularly when surrounded by ruthless enemies. The title sets the psalm during David’s flight from Sau...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician, Maschil, a Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.” “_To the Chie...
EXPOSITION HERE, again, the title is the best guide to the origin, intent, and authorship of the psalm. It is ascribed to David, and said to have been written on the occasion when Doeg the Edomite ac...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 51:1-19. David is surely one of the most outstanding characters of the Old Testament. He was greatly hated and greatly loved. He had the capacity to inspire t...
Hosea 14:6; Jeremiah 11:16; Psalms 1:3; Psalms 13:5; Psalms 147:11; Psalms 33:18; Psalms 92:12; Romans 11:24...
The house — In God's church, or among his people....