Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 52:4
Devouring words, such as might swallow up and destroy a whole family at once.
Devouring words, such as might swallow up and destroy a whole family at once.
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.” Anything,...
Psalms 52 The Proud and Boasting Man __ 1. The character of the man of sin (Psalms 52:1) 2. The character of the righteous (Psalms 52:8) The four Psalms which follow (all Maschil Psalms) give mos...
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 in...
DEVOURING WORDS. Hebrew words of swallowing up. Compare 1 Samuel 22:18....
_devouring words_ Lit., _words of swallowing up_. Cp. the use of the verb in Psalms 35:25, "We have swallowed him up": and Psalms 53:4. _O thou deceitful tongue_ This rendering is certainly preferable...
Denunciation of the evil-doer and prediction of his fate....
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; i...
PSALMS 52 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Doeg the Edomite Denounced. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 52:1-5, Doeg Remonstrated with, Described, and Threatened. Stanza II., Psalms 52:6-9, The Laugh of the Righteous o...
_THOU LOVEST ALL DEVOURING WORDS, O THOU DECEITFUL TONGUE._ Thou lovest all devouring words, O ... deceitful tongue - resumed from Psalms 52:2, to mark the inner and invariable connection between sin...
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) migh...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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 52:6]_ אָהַ֥בְתָּ כָֽל ־דִּבְרֵי ־בָ֗לַע לְשֹׁ֣ון...
Psalms 52:1 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. Firs...
THE BOASTER AND THE TRUSTER Psalms 52:1 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 estimation...
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 continua...
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 th...
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 of the tongu...
In Psalms 52 we find faith as regards the power of the wicked man, who was in presence of the godly. The goodness of God endured. God would destroy the proud and deceitful man, while the righteous wou...
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 the...
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 sea...
_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 e...
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 is...
Thou lovest all devouring words, literally, "words of swallowing," forms of speech by which he could harm and destroy others, O THOU DECEITFUL TONGUE, the entire person of Doeg being included in this...
O THOU DECEITFUL TONGUE: Or, and the deceitful tongue...
1-5 Those that glory in sin, glory in their shame. The patience and forbearance of God are abused by sinners, to the hardening of their hearts in their wicked ways. But the enemies in vain boast in t...
Psalms 52:4 love H157 (H8804) devouring H1105 words H1697 deceitful H4820 tongue H3956 devouring -...
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO HIMSELF RESULTING FROM HIS SINFULNESS (PSALMS 52:4). The Psalmist now tells us that what a man sows he will reap. In the final analysis God will do to men what th...
CONTENTS: The triumph of God's people over all oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who think to support themselves in their own power and wealth without God and His Word, are wretc...
The title of this psalm is not disputed. It relates to the treachery of Doeg. See the history, 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Samuel 22:9. Psalms 52:1. _Why boastest thou,_ oh Doeg, of thy superior loyalty to Saul,...
_Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully._ SINS OF SPEECH The prominence given to sins of speech is peculiar. We should have expected high-handed violence rather than t...
_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 We...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 52:1. The faithful develop confidence in God’s care and protection, particularly when surrounded by ruthless enemies. The title sets the psalm during David’s flight from Sau...
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 Chie...
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 Edomite acq...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 51:1-19. David is surely one of the most outstanding characters of the Old Testament. He was greatly hated and greatly loved. He had the capacity to inspire t...
1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:19; James 3:6...