Bay Tree: named only in
(Psalms 37:35) Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so
rendered is ereh, which simply means "native born", i.e., a tree
not transplanted, but growing on its native soil, and therefore
luxuriantly. If the psalmist intended by this word to denote any
particular tree, it may have been the evergreen bay laurel (Laurus
nobilis), which is a native of Palestine. Instead of "like a green
bay tree" in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has, "like a
green tree in its native soil."
