Psalm 52: David, upon his confidence in God's mercy, giveth thanks
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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.
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The last two lines are so beautiful and would make a great meditation, both about being an olive tree in the house of God, and also for Catholics, how it is good before thy saints.
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2 comments:
I always enjoy reading the bible because it has nice words ..
It contain stories written by many men ... but there are not the words of God because we notice a story going on ...
God Bless you and guide you to his light ... Jesus a great prophet ...and Salvation and grace is understood more in Islam..where God is One cant be seperated ..the almighty the great merciful
Thank you again :)
How nice to see you again my friend. Allah bless and guide you too. In fact, I have just typed something kindly and true about Islam in my most recent post, the one about having uncharitable thoughts :-)
But we agree that the words and deeds of Abraham and Moses, contained in the Bible and the Qur'an are the words of God/Allah and not of the men who write them. Three houses cannot share the same rock and concrete foundation and say that they are not from the same builder :-)
Thank you and until next time.
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