Psalms 52:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִֽד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

In Context

2בְּבוֹא ׀ דּוֹאֵג הָאֲדֹמִי וַיַּגֵּד לְשָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בָּא דָוִד אֶל ־ בֵּית אֲחִימֶֽלֶךְ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8וְכוּשׁ יָלַד אֶת ־ נִמְרֹד הוּא הֵחֵל לִֽהְיוֹת גִּבֹּר בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

1 Samuel 21:7וַיִּתֶּן ־ לוֹ הַכֹּהֵן קֹדֶשׁ כִּי לֹא ־ הָיָה שָׁם לֶחֶם כִּֽי ־ אִם ־ לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים הַמּֽוּסָרִים מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה לָשׂוּם לֶחֶם חֹם בְּיוֹם הִלָּקְחֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 7:14וְל/וֹ הֵכִין כְּלֵי ־ מָוֶת חִצָּיו לְֽדֹלְקִים יִפְעָֽל ׃

Psalms 10:7אָלָה פִּיהוּ מָלֵא וּמִרְמוֹת וָתֹךְ תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנוֹ עָמָל וָאָֽוֶן ׃

Psalms 54:3אֱלֹהִים בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וּבִגְבוּרָתְךָ תְדִינֵֽנִי ׃

Psalms 94:4יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק יִֽתְאַמְּרוּ כָּל ־ פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃

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 →

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