Psalms 52

Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 52 opens with the psalmist addressing a mighty and deceitful man who boasts of evil, loves falsehood more than truth, and uses his tongue to devise destruction. The psalmist contrasts this wickedness with the enduring loving devotion of God. The text states that God will ultimately bring the evildoer to everlasting ruin by tearing him away from his tent and uprooting him from the land of the living. Upon witnessing this judgment, the righteous will fear and mock the evildoer for trusting in wealth and destruction instead of making God their refuge. In contrast, the psalmist compares himself to a flourishing olive tree in the house of God and declares that he will trust in God's loving devotion and praise Him forever in the presence of His saints.

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¹Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. ²Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. ³You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah ⁴You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. ⁵Surely 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 ⁶The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, 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.” ⁸But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever. ⁹I 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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