“ Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. ”
Thou lovest all devouring words - All words that tend to devour or “swallow up” reputation and happiness. Luther, “Thou speakest gladly all things (anything) that will serve to destruction.” Anyt...
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...
devouring words. Hebrew words of swallowing up. Compare 1 Samuel 22:18 .
The term בלע , balang, in verse fourth, which has been translated destruction, I prefer understanding in the sense of hiding or concealment. He seems to allude to the drawing back o...
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Thou lovest all devouring words— Hebrew. All the words of devouring, or destruction; O thou deceitful tongue! Or, repeating the word from the foregoing clause, Thou lovest the tongue of deceit...
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. Thou lovest all devouring words, O ... deceitful tongue - resumed from Psalms 52:2-3 , to mark the inner and invariable connection b...
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...
Devouring words. — Literally, words of swallowing, such as swallow down (comp. Psalms 5:9 , where the throat is called “an open sepulchre”) a neighbour’s life, honour, and goods.
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...
Thou lovest all devouring words ,.... Or "words of swallowing up" y; such as lies, calumnies, and detractions are, which devour the characters and reputations of men, and are the cause sometimes of...
Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue. Ver. 4. Thou lovest all devouring words ] Verba devoratoria ; the Greek hath it, καταποντισμου, that devour and swallow up, so as the s...
Thou lovest all devouring words Hebrew, דברי בלע, dibree balang, all the words of devouring , or destruction; that is, such calumnies as are the most pernicious in their nature, and as may most...
The Wickedness of Doeg. To the chief musician, Maschil. A psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and s...
Devouring words, such as might swallow up and destroy a whole family at once.
A Description Of The Consequences To Himself Resulting From His Sinfulness ( Psalms 52:4-5 ). The Psalmist now tells us that what a man sows he will reap. In the final analysis God will do to men...
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...
1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 22:19 ; James 3:6-9