Psalms 52:4

4 You love all words that devour, O 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 you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

3 You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth. [Selah]

4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. [Selah]

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