Psalm 52

Psalm 52
For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelech." [a]

1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.

3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah

4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah

6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at him, saying,

7 "Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!"

8 But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God's unfailing love
for ever and ever.

9 I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

Chin Ling: Decided to read a little about Olive Trees..and realise that they are actually very small trees but yet have very strong, long roots and foundation. Because of that, their branches extends out and are able to provide shade. I want to be like an olive tree, strong within in the Lord, having roots that are found in him, flourishing in him and trusting him so that this love can be shared with others!

Aileen: think it keeps reminding me to trust in God's unfailing love. i always say that men by default are "xia jian" so we must really rely on the lord! hahaha.. that's for me, remembering his unfailing love!

Crow: I'm reminded to always seek to edify those around me.. haha, i think some times in the midst of wanting to get things done, i may forget this.. Lord help me to continually seek to bless..

Pam: I want to flourish in the house of the Lord... indeed nthing shld matter as long as I stand firm in Him.

Sara: wah! felt so guilty after reading this psalm... coz my tongue hasnt exactly been saying words of edification.. esp. from yesterday evening's dinner. i was pulled for dinner and drinks with my dept ppl, coz they wanted to celebrate the acomplishments of the law careers fair that we had put so much hard work in. but basically, we ended up throwing out all the unhappiness we had over another dept coz of all their craftiness and unwillingness to help us. sigh... i felt so bad but i agreed with them...it was like adding oil to fire! sigh...words can be so destructive... not edifying at all..at all.... =(

Dellia: I wanna be like a Olive tree flourishing in the house of God. Lord, guide and guard me and teach me to be like an Olive tree that flourishes!