Psalms 52:8

52:8 But I ¹  am like a flourishing ²  olive tree in the house of God;

I continually ³  trust in God’s loyal love.

Psalms 73:28

73:28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. ⁴ 

I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter,

as ⁵  I declare all the things you have done.

[52:8]  ¹ tn The disjunctive construction (vav [ו] + subject) highlights the contrast between the evildoer’s destiny (vv. 5-7) and that of the godly psalmist’s security.

[52:8]  ² tn Or “luxuriant, green, leafy.”

[52:8]  ³ tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever and ever.”

[73:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “but as for me, the nearness of God for me [is] good.”

[73:28]  ⁵ tn The infinitive construct with -לְ (lÿ) is understood here as indicating an attendant circumstance. Another option is to take it as indicating purpose (“so that I might declare”) or result (“with the result that I declare”).