Psalms 52:4
All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
In Context
3Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?
5Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg: Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell upon the priests and slew in that day eighty-five men that wore the linen ephod.
Psalms 120:3For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by 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 →