Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of David, [b]when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

52 Why do you (A)boast in evil, O mighty man?
The (B)lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:1 Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 52:1 1 Sam 22:9

“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But (A)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And (B)was strong in [a]his evil desire.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:7 Or his destruction

[a]The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like (A)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to [b]them!
For they have (B)brought evil on themselves.

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  1. Isaiah 3:9 Or Their partiality bears
  2. Isaiah 3:9 Lit their soul

“Therefore the (A)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you had a (B)harlot’s forehead;
You refused to be ashamed.

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15 “Were they (A)ashamed because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

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The Lord is (A)righteous (B)within her;
He will (C)do no injustice.
(D)Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust (E)knows no shame.

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