PSALMS 52 - “Like a Green Olive Tree in God’s House” | Psalm Selah

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Lyrics

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man God’s loving kindness endures continually

Your tongue plots destruction Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully You love evil more than good Lying rather than speaking the truth

You love all devouring words You deceitful tongue God will likewise destroy you forever He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent

And root you out of the land of the living The righteous also will see it, and fear And laugh at him, saying Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength

But trusted in the abundance of his riches And strengthened himself in his wickedness 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 I will give you thanks forever Because you have done it I will hope in your name, for it is good

I will hope in your name, for it is good In the presence of your saints The righteous shall see it, and fear Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength

I am like a green olive tree in God’s house I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever I will give you thanks forever

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Published 2026-05-22 · Last updated 2026-06-06
Written by Reid Wender, Editorial Director at Psalmody Press