Psalms 52
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Psalm 52
Judgment on the Deceitful
To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
1 #
1 Sam 22.9; Ps 94.4 Why do you boast, O mighty one,
of mischief done against the godly?#52.1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb the kindness of God
All day long 2#Ps 50.19; 57.4you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.
3 #
Jer 9.4, 5 You love evil more than good
and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah
4 #
Ps 120.3
You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5 #
Ps 27.13; Prov 2.22 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 #
Ps 37.34; 40.3 The righteous will see and fear
and will laugh at the evildoer,#52.6 Heb him saying,
7 #
Ps 49.6
“See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”#52.7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction
8 #
Ps 13.5; Jer 11.16 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9 #
Ps 30.12; 54.6 I will thank you forever
because of what you have done.
In the presence of the faithful
I will proclaim#52.9 Cn: Heb wait for your name, for it is good.
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