Psalms 52:7
“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
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In Context
6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Cross References
Judges 5:27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Psalms 49:6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
Psalms 73:7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Psalms 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practise it.
Jeremiah 17:5The LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs 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 →