Psalms 52:8-9 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.
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.
David wrote this, according to the superscript, when Doeg the Edomite told Saul that David was in the house of Ahimelech. This was no doubt a trying time in David's life. And he does proclaim that judgment will be upon his enemy. But David ends the Psalm with confidence in his God. Several things can be noted
He would grow
Like a green olive tree, David intended to grow and produce fruit for the Lord. His growth would be the direct result of the fact that he was planted in the house of the Lord. Nothing will produce spiritual growth for the Christian except continual presence in God's house.
He would trust
In both those times of success and those times of trial, his plan would be to trust in the mercy of God.
He would praise
The mark of the Christian needs to be thanksgiving to his God
He would wait
God is good before and to His saints. We need both the times of success and the times of tribulation in order to build our walk with the Lord. In those times of difficulty, our proper place is to wait in God's name. He will do us good.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
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.
David wrote this, according to the superscript, when Doeg the Edomite told Saul that David was in the house of Ahimelech. This was no doubt a trying time in David's life. And he does proclaim that judgment will be upon his enemy. But David ends the Psalm with confidence in his God. Several things can be noted
He would grow
Like a green olive tree, David intended to grow and produce fruit for the Lord. His growth would be the direct result of the fact that he was planted in the house of the Lord. Nothing will produce spiritual growth for the Christian except continual presence in God's house.
He would trust
In both those times of success and those times of trial, his plan would be to trust in the mercy of God.
He would praise
The mark of the Christian needs to be thanksgiving to his God
He would wait
God is good before and to His saints. We need both the times of success and the times of tribulation in order to build our walk with the Lord. In those times of difficulty, our proper place is to wait in God's name. He will do us good.
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