Psalms 52:1

David confronts a boastful, powerful man who glories in evil, contrasting his fleeting menace with God's unceasing love. It matters because human malice never outlasts God's steadfast faithfulness.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
• Ps 107:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
• Ps 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
• 1 Sam 21:7Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
• Isa 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
• Prov 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Ps 36:3–6The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Ps 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
• Gen 10:8–9Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
• Ps 137:1–2By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
• Ps 10:2–3In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
• 1 Sam 22:9–19But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
• 2 Tim 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• Gen 6:4–5The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
• Exod 22:9In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
• Prov 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
• 1 Jn 4:7–8Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• Ps 54:3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
• Ps 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Jer 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
• Mic 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• Rom 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
• Ps 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

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