Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
In Context
2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Cross References
Genesis 10:8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
1 Samuel 21:7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
Psalms 7:14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Psalms 54:3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
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 →