Chapter 52
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
A. M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Doeg
told
boastest
10:2,3 94:4 Romans 1:30 2 Timothy 3:2
mischief
7:14 10:7 36:3-6 Proverbs 6:14,18 Isaiah 59:4 Micah 7:3
O mighty
Genesis 6:4,5 10:8,9 1 Samuel 21:7
goodness
103:17 107:1 137:1,2 1 John 4:7,8
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Thy
50:19 64:2-6 140:2,3 Proverbs 6:16-19 30:14 Jeremiah 9:3,4 18:18 Matthew 26:59 Acts 6:11-13 24:1,5 Revelation 12:10
like
57:4 59:7 Proverbs 12:18 18:21
working
109:2 120:2 2 Corinthians 4:2 11:13
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
lovest
Jeremiah 4:22 Micah 3:2 Romans 1:25 2 Timothy 3:4
lying
62:4 Jeremiah 9:3-5,8 John 8:44 Revelation 22:15
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
devouring
O thou
or, and the.
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.
God
7:14-16 55:23 64:7-10 120:2-4 140:9-11 Proverbs 12:19 19:5,9 Revelation 21:8
destroy thee
Heb. beat thee down. pluck.
37:35,36 Job 18:14 20:6,7 Luke 16:27,28
root
the land
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
righteous
37:34 64:9 97:8 Job 22:19 Malachi 1:5 Revelation 15:4 16:5-7 18:20 19:1,2
and fear
laugh
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.
Lo
made
trusted
49:6-20 62:9,10 Job 31:24,25 1 Timothy 6:17
strengthened
73:7-11,18-20 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Hosea 12:7,8
wickedness
or, substance.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
like
1:3 92:12-14 Jeremiah 11:16 Hosea 14:6-8 Romans 11:24
I trust
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.
praise
145:1,2 146:2 Ephesians 3:20,21
wait
27:14 40:1 48:9,10 62:1,5 123:2,3 130:5,6 Proverbs 18:10 Lamentations 3:25,26