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

“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

[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

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

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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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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Footnotes

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

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