Psalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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In Context
6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Cross References
Judges 5:27At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalms 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
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 →