Psalms 52:7
(52:9) “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
6(52:8) And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him:
Cross References
Judges 5:27Between her feet he bent, he fell, he lay; between her feet he bent, he fell: where he had bent, there he fell down, bereft of life.
Psalms 49:6(49:7) Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?
Psalms 73:7Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart's imaginings.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise it.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus hath said the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and placeth on flesh his dependence, while from the Lord his heart departeth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 52:7-9
The Ruin of Doeg Predicted. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. David was at this time in great distress; the mischief Doeg… Read the whole commentary →