Proverbia 52:8

Nova Vulgata

[52:10] Ego autem sicut virens oliva in domo Dei. Speravi in misericordia Dei in aeternum et in saeculum saeculi.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
span data-lang="lat" data-trans="jvl" data-ref="psa.52.1" class="versetxt"> In finem, pro Ma�leth intelligenti� David. [Dixit insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus.
Corrupti sunt, et abominabiles facti sunt in iniquitatibus;
non est qui faciat bonum.
Deus de c�lo prospexit super filios hominum,
ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.
Omnes declinaverunt; simul inutiles facti sunt:
non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
Nonne scient omnes qui operantur iniquitatem,
qui devorant plebem meam ut cibum panis?
Deum non invocaverunt;
illic trepidaverunt timore, ubi non erat timor.
Quoniam Deus dissipavit ossa eorum qui hominibus placent:
confusi sunt, quoniam Deus sprevit eos.
Quis dabit ex Sion salutare Isra�l?
cum converterit Deus captivitatem plebis su�,
exsultabit Jacob, et l�tabitur Isra�l.]

Bible Verse Review
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like: Psalms 1:3, Psalms 92:12-14, Jeremiah 11:16, Hosea 14:6-8, Romans 11:24

I trust: Psalms 13:5, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 147:11

Reciprocal: Psalms 5:7 - in the Psalms 91:1 - dwelleth Psalms 128:3 - olive plants Proverbs 11:28 - but Romans 11:17 - and with 1 Timothy 4:10 - because Revelation 11:4 - two olive

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 and confidence, that, notwithstanding his present troubles, he should be restored again, and be in a very flourishing condition, in the church of God; which is here meant by "the house of God": it being of his building, and where he dwells, and where to have a place is the great privilege of the saints; they are planted there by the Lord himself, and shall never be rooted up; they are fixed there, and shall never go out; which was David's confidence, Psalms 23:6; and where he believed he should be as "a green olive tree"; which is a very choice and fruitful tree, has fatness in it, produces an excellent oil; is beautiful to look at; delights in hot climates and sunny places; is found on mountains, we read of the mount of Olives; is ever green and durable, and its leaves and branches are symbols of peace: all which is applicable to truly righteous persons and believers in Christ; who are the excellent of the earth, are filled with the fruits of righteousness; are fat and flourishing; have the oil of grace, the anointing which teacheth all things; are a perfection of beauty, made perfectly comely through Christ's comeliness; thrive under him, the sun of righteousness; grow in the mountain of the Lord's house, the church: their grace is incorruptible, their leaf withers not; they are rooted in Christ, and ever continue; they are the sons of peace, and their last end will be eternal peace. Now as such David was assured he should be, when his enemy would be rooted up out of the land of the living, and cast like a dry and worthless branch into everlasting burnings; the ground of which confidence follows:

I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever; the mercy of God is not only an encouragement to trust, but the object of it; not the absolute mercy of God, but the grace and goodness of God in Christ Jesus, which endures continually, Psalms 52:1; and so does hope in it, which never makes ashamed, but abides to the end. The psalmist seems to have respect to the mercy promised him, that he should sit upon the throne. This he believed, and therefore was assured he should be in the flourishing circumstances in the house of God before mentioned.

d "Ero", Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 and flourishing tree - a tree protected in the very courts of the sanctuary - safe under the care and the eye of God. A green tree is the emblem of prosperity. See Psalms 1:3, note; Psalms 37:35, note; compare Psalms 92:12. The “house of God” here referred to is the tabernacle, considered as the place where God was supposed to reside. See Psalms 15:1, note; Psalms 23:6, note; Psalms 27:4-5, notes. The particular allusion here is to the “courts” of the tabernacle. An olive tree would not be cultivated in the tabernacle, but it might in the “courts” or “area” which surrounded it. The name “house of God” would be given to the whole area, as it was afterward to the entire area in which the temple was. A tree thus planted in the very courts of the sanctuary would be regarded as sacred, and would be safe as long as the tabernacle itself was safe, for it would be, as it were, directly under the divine protection. So David had been, notwithstanding all the efforts of his enemies to destroy him.

I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever -

(a) I “have” always done it. It has been my constant practice in trouble or danger.

(b) I “will” always do it.

As the result of all my experience, I will still do it; and thus trusting in God, I shall have the consciousness of safety.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 olive does when planted in a proper soil and good situation. It does not mean that there were olive-trees planted in God's house; but he was in God's house, as the olive was in its proper place and soil.

I trust in the mercy of God — The wicked man trusts in his riches: I trust in my God. He, like a bad tree, bringing forth poisonous fruit, shall be cursed, and pulled up from the roots; I, like a healthy olive in a good soil, shall, under the influence of God's mercy, bring forth fruit to his glory. As the olive is ever green, so shall I flourish in the mercy of God for ever and ever.