Psalm 52

0 To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
1  Why do you boast, O mighty one,
  of mischief done against the godly?
  All day long
2 you are plotting destruction.
 Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
  you worker of treachery.
3  You love evil more than good,
  and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah
4  You love all words that devour,
  O deceitful tongue.
5  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
6  The righteous will see, and fear,
  and will laugh at the evildoer, saying,
7  “See the one who would not take
  refuge in God,
 but trusted in abundant riches,
  and sought refuge in wealth!”
8  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 of what you have done.
 In the presence of the faithful
  I will proclaim your name, for it is good.

Daily Prayer (based on Psalm 52:8)

O God, may I be planted in You. May my roots grow deeply into Your Word. May I draw nourishment daily from Your living water. May I be so strongly embedded in You through faith that nothing can uproot me. May I bear ample, hearty fruit for Your kingdom. May my life be an illustration of what it means to abide in You, so that other might be drawn to plant themselves in You as well. May my fruitfulness continue for my whole life because You are the source of my life. Amen.

Postscript

See the picture of an olive tree in the left column. This tree is in the Garden of Gethsemane. Its age cannot be determined precisely, though it is estimate to be 1000-2000 years old. It is probably not one of the trees that was in the Garden when Jesus came to pray before His crucifixion, since those trees were, in all likelihood, cut down by the Romans during their siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. However, it's possible that this tree grew from the roots of an older tree. (Image(s) courtesy of www.HolyLandPhotos.org, a fantastic website of images from the places of the Bible.)

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