Psalms 52:2
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
In Context
1Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
3You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 50:19“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
Psalms 109:2for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
Psalms 140:2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor 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 →