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Psalms 52:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.


Psalms 52:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 52:47 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ֭וּוֹתhawwōt
destructionnounH1942
iniquity · mischief · mischievous · naughtiness ···
תַּחְשֹׁ֣בtaḥəšōb
it plotsverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
לְשׁוֹנֶ֑/ךָləšwōnekā
tongue yournounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
כְּ/תַ֥עַרkətaʿar
like a razorpronH8593
razor · scabbard · shave · sheath
מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁməluṭāš
sharpenedverbH3913
sharp · whet
עֹשֵׂ֥הʿōśēh
O doer ofverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
רְמִיָּֽהrəmiyāh
deceitnounH7423
-fully) · false · guile · idle ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 52:4

1. The title of the Psalm has: “At the end, understanding of David, when there came Doeg the Edomite and told Saul, David has come into the house of Abimelech:” whereas we read that he had come into the house of Achimelech. And it may chance that we do not unreasonably suppose, that because of the similarity of a name and the difference of one syllable, or rather of one letter, the titles have been varied. In the manuscripts, however, of the Psalms, when we looked into them,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 52 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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