Psalm 52
David rebukes the mighty warrior who boasts of evil, likely referencing Doeg the Edomite. The wicked trust in wealth and destruction, but God will uproot them. The righteous flourish like an olive tree in God's house.
PsalmsPsalm 52 of 1509 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Edom
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For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
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
The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
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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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Psalm 52
“What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?”
“This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.”
“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”
“His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.”
“The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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