Psalms52

Psalm 52, attributed to David concerning Doeg the Edomite, condemns the wicked man who boasts in mischief and deceit. David contrasts this treachery with the enduring goodness of God, prophesying divine judgment upon the deceitful. He then expresses his own unwavering trust in God's mercy, likening himself to a flourishing olive tree, and resolves to praise God's name among the saints.

The Wicked Boaster Condemned

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To the Overseer. --An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.
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Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
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Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
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Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Certainty of God's Judgment

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Also--God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
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And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
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`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

The Security of the Righteous

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And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
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I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it , And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!
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