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Psalms 52:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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 52:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 52:85 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יִרְא֖וּwəyirəʾw
so they may seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
צַדִּיקִ֥יםṣadiyqiym
righteous peopleadjH6662
lawful · righteous
וְ/יִירָ֗אוּwəyiyrāʾw
so they may fearconjH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
וְ/עָלָ֥י/וwəʿālāyw
and on himconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׂחָֽקוּyiśəḥāqw
they will laughverbH7832
have in derision · laugh · make merry · mock ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 52:8

1. The title of the Psalm has: “At the end, understanding of David, when there came Doeg the Edomite and told Saul, David has come into the house of Abimelech:” whereas we read that he had come into the house of Achimelech. And it may chance that we do not unreasonably suppose, that because of the similarity of a name and the difference of one syllable, or rather of one letter, the titles have been varied. In the manuscripts, however, of the Psalms, when we looked into them,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 52 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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