Psalm 52

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

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

4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

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

6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

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Chapter summary

'A Psalm of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul' of the priests' slaughter.

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'A Psalm of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul' of the priests' slaughter. 'Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?': a tongue like a sharp razor, loving evil more than good. God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, root thee up out of the land of the living, while the righteous look on in awe: 'this is the man that made not God his strength.' The contrast closes it: 'But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

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John 81 verse
- John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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