Psalms 52:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 52:7

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

Commentary on the Psalms, On Psalm 51 (52) (339)

And this was said as though to Doeg, who was a Syrian by descent, but lived in the midst of Israel—and, I suppose, perhaps even entered the tabernacle of God along with the multitude, pretending to be pious.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength,.... The Targum renders it, "that made not the Word of the Lord his strength". These are the words the righteous would say, when they should see the destruction of Doeg: see the man, the mighty man, and his end; what all his ill gotten honour and riches are come to; and what his wickedness, deceit, and cruelty, have brought upon him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Lo. Look ye here, and read the epitaph of a mighty man, who lorded it proudly during his little hour, and set his heel upon the necks of the Lord's chosen. This is the man that made not God his strength. Behold the man! The great vainglorious man. He found a fortress, but not in God; he gloried in his might, but not in the Almighty. Where is he now? How has it fared with him in the hour of his need? Behold his ruin, and be instructed.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנֵּ֤ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
הַגֶּ֗בֶר	ha.Ge.ver	the man	H1397 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	[who] not	H3808 →
יָשִׂ֥ים	ya.Sim	he made	H7760 →
אֱלֹהִ֗ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
מָֽע֫וּזּ֥וֹ	ma.'U.Zo	refuge his	H4581 →
וַ֭יִּבְטַח	Vai.yiv.tach	and he trusted	H982 →
בְּרֹ֣ב	be.Ro	in [the] greatness of	H7230 →
עָשְׁר֑וֹ	a.she.Ro	rich[es] his	H6239 →
יָ֝עֹ֗ז	ya.'Oz	he was strong	H5810 →
בְּהַוָּתֽוֹ׃	be.ha.va.To	in destruction his	H1942 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
leads to
- Psalms 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Psalms 146:3–4
  Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 2:22
  Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
- 2 Chronicles 32:8
  With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah…
- Isaiah 31:1–9
  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
Through
Ecclesiastes 8:8
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release…
leads to
- Job 14:5
  Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
- Psalms 89:48
  What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- Psalms 49:6–9
  They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

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03The walk

Where the connections lead

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06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms