Psalms 52:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

The righteous also shall see - (Malachi 1:4-5; Isaiah 66:24: cf. Exodus 14:30-31.)

And fear - not slavish dread, but reverential childlike fear in seeing God's terrible judgments on sinners. There is a play on like sounds in Hebrew, ireu, yirau, "see ... fear"

Shall laugh at him - not in a spirit of personal revenge; because David showed the opposite spirit over Saul when fallen (2 Samuel 1:19-27: cf. Job 31:29; Proverbs 24:17). But joy over God's enemy prostrated; joy at the vindication of God's righteousness, which seemed in abeyance while the mighty transgressor flourished. Pharaoh's proud resistance of Yahweh was just subject of holy laughter to the godly who saw him and his hosts corpses the Red Sea.

Psalms 52:6

6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: