Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 52:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 52:1 - 52:1

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 52:1 - 52:1

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

52:1 - 52:1
52:2 - 52:2
52:4 - 52:4
52:5 - 52:5
52:6 - 52:6
52:7 - 52:7
52:8 - 52:8
52:9 - 52:9

Psa 52:1-9. Compare 1Sa 21:1-10; 1Sa 22:1-10, for the history of the title. Psa 52:1 gives the theme; the boast of the wicked over the righteous is vain, for God constantly cares for His people. This is expanded by describing the malice and deceit, and then the ruin, of the wicked, and the happy state of the pious.

mighty man - literally, “hero.” Doeg may be thus addressed, ironically, in respect of his might in slander.