“ Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ”
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs - The word rendered “mischiefs” means (a) desire, cupidity: Proverbs 10:3 ; then (b) fall, ruin, destruction, wickedness: Psalms 5:9 ; Psalms 38:12 . The me...
Thy tongue deviseth (b) mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. (b) Your malice moves you by crafty flattery and lies to accuse and destroy the innocents.
LII. The Psalmist denounces an enemy of his who trusts in his wealth and in unscrupulous falsehood. He is confident that this adversary will be rooted up and that he himself will flourish and abide...
mischiefs . malignity. Plural for singular. a great malignity.
2. Thy tongue reckons up mischiefs David is not to be considered as here venting a flood of reproaches against his adversary, as many who have been unjustly injured are in the habit of doing...
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. Deviseth mischiefs - Lies and slanders proceeding from the tongue argue the desperate wickedness of the heart. Like a sharp ra...
Thy tongue deviseth mischief— I do not very well understand, says Dr. Chandler, the propriety of the tongue's devising mischief, and devising it like a sharp razor; but we may easily avoid this...
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. Thy tongue - the organ of thy inner man. Like a sharp razor. Saul's charge of high treason against David was the in...
Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David: when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.' In some respects Doeg ( 1 Samuel 22:9 ) m...
Working deceitfully. — Better, working guile. (For the metaphor, see Psalms 55:21 ; Psalms 57:4 , &c )
Psalms 52:1-9 THE progress of feeling in this psalm is clear, but there is no very distinct division into strophes and one of the two Selahs does not mark a transition, though it does make a pause...
the Boaster and the Truster Psalms 52:1-9 The inscription of this psalm describes its origin. The contrast which it presents is full of instruction. The ungodly is often a mighty man in the est...
In this song the attitude of God toward the wicked man who is a tyrant is manifest. The mighty man who boasts himself in mischief is first put in striking contrast to God whose mercy endureth continu...
We shall not lose an atom of this subject, considered as to the persecutions of good men, by the evil in general, nor the sure judgment which sooner or later must follow; we shall not lose sight of t...
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ,.... Abundance of mischiefs, in a variety of ways, against many persons, even all good men. What properly belongs to the heart is here ascribed to the tongue; because,...
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Ver. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ] i.e. Venteth the mischievous devices of thy mind, being an interpreter and an inst...
Thy tongue deviseth mischief That is, expresses what thy wicked mind had devised. Thus skilfulness is ascribed to those hands which are governed by a skilful man, Psalms 78:72 . Like a sharp razo...
The Wickedness of Doeg. To the chief musician, Maschil. A psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and s...
Deviseth i.e. expresseth what thy wicked mind had devised. Thus skilfulness is ascribed to those hands which are governed by a skilful or prudent man, Psalms 78:72 . This word implies that Doe...
A Description Of Man's Sinfulness ( Psalms 52:1-3 ). In the first verse the ‘man of substance' is asked why he boasts continually about mischief he has wrought in the light of the fact of the cont...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician, Maschil, a Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.” “ To the Chi...
The title of this psalm is not disputed. It relates to the treachery of Doeg. See the history, 1 Samuel 21:1-7 ; 1 Samuel 22:9-23 . Psalms 52:1 . Why boastest thou, oh Doeg, of thy superior loy...
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? A social betrayer This psalm may be regarded as presenting to us a social betrayer in a variety of aspects. Doeg was an “informer,” one whom...
EXPOSITION HERE , again, the title is the best guide to the origin, intent, and authorship of the psalm. It is ascribed to David, and said to have been written on the occasion when Doeg the Edo...
The Punishment of Evil Tongues. To the chief musician, for use in public worship, Maschil, a didactic anthem, a psalm of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, and said unto him, David...
2 Corinthians 11:13 ; 2 Corinthians 4:2 ; Acts 24:1 ; Acts 24:5 ; Acts 6:11-13 ; Jeremiah 18:18 ; Jeremiah 9:3 ; Jeremiah 9:4 ; Matthew 26:59 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Proverbs 18:21 ; Proverbs...
Deviseth — Expresses what thy wicked mind had devised. Deceitfully — Doeg pretended only to vindicate himself from disloyalty, 1 Samuel 22:8 , but he really intended to expose the priests, to the...