Psalms 52:4
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
BSB
ASV
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
KJV
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Thou lovest all devouring words,.... Or "words of swallowing up" (y); such as lies, calumnies, and detractions are, which devour the characters and reputations of men, and are the cause sometimes of their utter ruin and destruction; of the devouring and blasphemous words of antichrist see Rev 13:5; O thou deceitful tongue; See Gill on Psa 52:2. (y) דברי בלע "verba absorptionis", Vatablus, Gejerus, Schmidt.
Thou lovest. Thou hast a taste, a gusto for evil language. All devouring words. There are words that, like boa constrictors, swallow men whole, or like lions, rend men to pieces; these words evil minds are fond of. Their oratory is evermore furious and bloody. That which will most readily provoke the lowest passions they are sure to employ, and they think such pandering to the madness of the wicked to be eloquence of a high order. O thou deceitful tongue.
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The walk3
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Through
Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
leads to
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.