Psalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
In Context
3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
Cross References
Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
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 →