Psalms 52:4
All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
In Context
5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, “You shall turn and rush against the priests.” And Doeg, the Edomite, turned and rushed against the priests. And he massacred, on that day, eighty-five men, vested with the linen ephod.
Psalms 120:3May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you.
James 3:6And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.
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 →