Psalms 52:3
\52:1\Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
In Context
2\52:1\When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.
4\52:2\Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Cross References
Psalms 62:4\62:3\How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
Jeremiah 4:22For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
Jeremiah 9:8His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
John 8:44You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
2 Timothy 3:4False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 52:2-6
The Wickedness of Doeg. 1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. The title is… Read the whole commentary →