Psalms 52:1
(52-1) For the Leader. Maschil of David; (52-2) when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him: 'David is come to the house of Ahimelech.' (52-3) Why boastest thou thyself of evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endureth continually.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
In Context
2(52-4) Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Cross References
Genesis 10:8And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
1 Samuel 21:7(21-8) Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. —
Psalms 7:14(7-15) Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Psalms 54:3(54-5) For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah
Psalms 94:4They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 52:1
David, no doubt, was in very great grief when he said to Abiathar ( 1 Sam. xxii. 22 ), "I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house," who were put to death upon Doeg's malicious information; to give some vent to that grief, and to gain some relief to his mind under it, he penned this psalm, wherein, as a prophet, and therefore with as good an authority as if he had been now a prince upon the throne, I. He arraigns Doeg for what he had done, ver. 1 . II. He accuses him, convicts him, and… Read the whole commentary →