Psalms 52:5

Psalms 52:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Context of Psalms 52:5

3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah 4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. 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 6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, 7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Psalms 52:5 word by word

גַּם־אֵל֮ יִתָּצְךָ֪ לָ֫נֶ֥צַח יַחְתְּךָ֣ וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ מֵאֶ֖רֶץ חַיִּ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• Surelyגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• will bring you downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• to everlasting ruinנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• He will snatch you upחָתָהchâthâh · to snatch upH2846
• and tear you awayנָסַחnâsach · to pullH5255
• from your tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• He will uproot youשָׁרַשׁshârash · to uprootH8327
• from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 52:5

• Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
• Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
• Psalms 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
• Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
• Job 18:14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
• Job 20:6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
• Luke 16:27‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
• Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
• Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Psalms 116:9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
• Isaiah 38:11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

Commentaries on Psalms 52:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5God shall likewise destroy thee - God shall set himself to destroy thee; יתצך yittotscha, "he will pull down thy building;" he shall unroof it, dilapidate, and dig up thy foundation. He shall bruise or break thee to pieces for ever; thou shalt have neither strength, consistence, nor support. 3. He will mow thee down, and sweep thee away like dust or chaff, or light hay in a whirlwind, so that thou shalt be scattered to all the winds of heaven. Thou shalt…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever - Margin, “beat thee down.” The Hebrew word means to “tear, to break down, to destroy:” Leviticus 14:45; Judges 6:30. The reference here is not to the “tongue” alluded to in the previous verses, but to Doeg himself. The language in the verse is intensive and emphatic. The main idea is presented in a variety of forms, all designed to denote utter and absolute destruction - a complete and entire sweeping away, so…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5God will strike the wicked down like a pagan altar, idol, or unclean vessel (Exodus 34:13; Leviticus 11:35; 2 Kings 10:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. likewise--or, "so," "also," as you have done to others God will do to you (Psa 18:27). The following terms describe the most entire ruin.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 52:5

• Falsehood
• Rich, the
• Wicked (People)

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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Maschil

Commentaries on Psalms 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings