Psalms 52:1
For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?God's loving kindness endures continually.
New Heart English Bible
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 in 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 forth 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 →