Psalms 52:1
For the end, a Psalm of David upon Mahalath, of instruction. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 10:8And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
1 Samuel 21:7So Ahimelech the priest gave him the showbread; for there were no loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day on which he took them.
Psalms 7:14And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; 1 He has completed his arrows for the raging ones. 1
Psalms 10:7For the Lord is righteous, and loves righteousness; 1 His face beholds uprightness.
Psalms 54:3Attend to me, and hearken to me: 1 I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled; 1
Psalms 94:4For the ends of the earth are in his hands; 1 And the heights of the mountains are his. 1
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 →