An Olive Tree

The righteous flourish like an olive tree.

Bible Reading: Psalm 52:1-9

 52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
    The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
Your tongue plots destruction,
    like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
You love evil more than good,
    and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
You love all words that devour,
    O deceitful tongue.

But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
The righteous shall see and fear,
    and shall laugh at him, saying,
“See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”

But I am like a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.
I will thank you forever,
    because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
    in the presence of the godly.


Reading Questions: What is the evil man like? What will happen to the evil man? What is the righteous man like? How does the righteous man respond to God?

Journal Writing: What is an important truth from the Bible reading? Why do you need to know that truth?

Application Prayer: Write out a prayer for God’s insight and help into how you can apply the truth from the reading.


Week’s Memory Verse:  Psalm 92:12-13

12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

One comment

  1. What is the righteous man like? But I am like a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
    I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.
    9 I will thank you forever,
    because you have done it.
    I will wait for your name, for it is good,
    in the presence of the godly.

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