Psalms 52:7
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- KJV
- Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- WEB
- “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
- ASV
- Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- DARBY
- Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his avarice.
- BLB
- “Behold the man who did not set God [as] his refuge, and [who] trusted in the abundance of his wealth, [and] took strength by destruction.”
- ÅB
- Se, der er den mann som ikke holdt Gud for sitt sterke vern, men satte sin lit til sin store rikdom, satte sin styrke i sin ondskap.
- OTB
- "Se, mannen som ikke ville gjøre Gud til sitt tilfluktssted,
Men stolte på sin rikdoms overflod,
Og søkte tilflukt i sin egen ødeleggelse." - B1930
- Se, der er den mann som ikke holdt Gud for sitt sterke vern, men satte sin lit til sin store rikdom, satte sin styrke i sin ondskap.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:8
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Read in contextPsalms 73:18–20
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Read in contextPsalms 49:6–20
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Read in contextJohn 19:5
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
Read in contextJob 31:24–25
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Read in contextPsalms 62:9–10
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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