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Psalms 52:5 — King James Version← Study notes

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.


Psalms 52:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 52:57 words
HebrewMeaning
אָהַ֣בְתָּʾāhabətā
you loveverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
רָּ֣עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
מִ/טּ֑וֹבmiṭwōb
more than goodpronH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
שֶׁ֓קֶרšeqer
falsehoodnounH8267
deceit · false(-hood · -ly) · feignedly ···
מִ/דַּבֵּ֖רmidabēr
more than speakingpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
צֶ֣דֶקṣedeq
righteousnessnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
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 52:5

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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