Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the music 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, you mighty man?
The (B)faithfulness of God endures all day long.

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Footnotes

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

Psalm 52[a]

For the director of music. A maskil[b] of David. When Doeg the Edomite(A) had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
    Why do you boast(B) all day long,(C)
    you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:1 In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.
  2. Psalm 52:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

“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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  1. Psalm 52:7 Or his destruction

“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold(A)
but trusted in his great wealth(B)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

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

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

The look on their faces testifies(A) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(B)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(C) upon themselves.

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

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  1. Jeremiah 3:3 I.e., calloused appearance

Therefore the showers have been withheld,(A)
    and no spring rains(B) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen(C) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.(D)

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15 Were they (A)ashamed because of the abomination they had done?
They were not ashamed at all,
Nor did they know even how to be ashamed.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They will collapse,” says the Lord.

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15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.(A)
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when I punish(B) them,”
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 [a]does not fail.
But the [b]criminal (E)knows no shame.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:5 Lit is not missing
  2. Zephaniah 3:5 Or sinner

The Lord within her is righteous;(A)
    he does no wrong.(B)
Morning by morning(C) he dispenses his justice,
    and every new day he does not fail,(D)
    yet the unrighteous know no shame.(E)

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