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Why Do You Boast of Evil?

Psalms 52:8

In 11 translations

BSB
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
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.
WEB
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
ASV
But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.
LSV
And I, as a green olive in the house of God, || I have trusted in the kindness of God, || For all time and forever,
YLT
And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
DBY
But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.ElohimElohim
DRC51:10
But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
GNV
But I shall bee like a greene oliue tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer.
JPS52:10
But as for me, I am like a leafy olive-tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
LXXE51:10
But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC52:10
וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ כְּזַ֣יִת רַ֭עֲנָן בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּטַ֥חְתִּי בְחֶֽסֶד־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃KJV:Ps.52.8
LXX-Br51:10
Ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ ἐλαία κατάκαρπος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 92:12–14The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green…
  • Hosea 14:6–8His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will…
  • Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
  • Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
  • Jeremiah 11:16The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
  • Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
  • Romans 11:24For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
  • Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
  • Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

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  • 52:10 in some Bibles
  • 52:8 in most Bibles

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