Psalms 52:2
The tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
In Context
1Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.
3You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 50:19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?
Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Psalms 140:2Which imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off 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 →