2 You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
2 You scheme catastrophe; your tongue cuts razor-sharp, artisan in lies.
2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
2 All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you're an expert at telling lies.
4 You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
4 You love malicious gossip, you foul-mouth.
4 You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.
4 You love to destroy others with your words, you liar!
(Read Psalm 52:1-5)
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 their mischief, while we have God's mercy to trust in. It will not save us from the guilt of lying, to be able to say, there was some truth in what we said, if we make it appear otherwise than it was. The more there is of craft and contrivance in any wickedness, the more there is of Satan in it. When good men die, they are transplanted from the land of the living on earth, to heaven, the garden of the Lord, where they shall take root for ever; but when wicked men die, they are rooted out, to perish for ever. The believer sees that God will destroy those who make not him their strength.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 52:2
Commentary on Psalm 52:1-5
(Read Psalm 52:1-5)
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 their mischief, while we have God's mercy to trust in. It will not save us from the guilt of lying, to be able to say, there was some truth in what we said, if we make it appear otherwise than it was. The more there is of craft and contrivance in any wickedness, the more there is of Satan in it. When good men die, they are transplanted from the land of the living on earth, to heaven, the garden of the Lord, where they shall take root for ever; but when wicked men die, they are rooted out, to perish for ever. The believer sees that God will destroy those who make not him their strength.