Psalm 52:1-3

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil 1 of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."

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Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
 2 Your d tongue plots destruction,
like e a sharp razor, you f worker of deceit.
 3 You love evil more than good,
and g lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

  1. Cross References
    1 Samuel 22:9
    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 50:19
    You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 57:4
    My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts - the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 101:7
    No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:4 - 5
    Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
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