Psalms 52:4

4 Thou dost love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Psalms 52:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 52:4

Thou lovest all devouring words
Or "words of swallowing up" ^F25; such as lies, calumnies, and detractions are, which devour the characters and reputations of men, and are the cause sometimes of their utter ruin and destruction; of the devouring and blasphemous words of antichrist see ( Revelation 13:5 Revelation 13:6 ) ;

O [thou] deceitful tongue; (See Gill on Psalms 52:2).

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (elb yrbd) "verba absorptionis", Vatablus, Gejerus, Schmidt.

Psalms 52:4 In-Context

2 Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Thou dost love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

4 Thou dost love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5 God shall likewise cast thee down for ever; he shall cut thee off and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

6 The righteous also shall see and fear and shall laugh at him, saying: