Psalm 52

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 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

דאג = Doeg = 14 = David = דוד

1-3  Why do you boast of evil, “O mighty man”? The loving-kindness of God endures all the day. ² Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor doing deceit. ³ You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking what is righteous. Selah

4- 5  You love all words that swallow up, O deceitful tongue. ⁵ But God will break you down forever; He will snatch and tear you from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

נצח (netzach) = “perpetuity”

6-7  The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying, ⁷ “Behold the man who did not make God his strength. He trusted in the abundance of his riches; so let him seek refuge in his own destruction!”

8-9  But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. ⁹ I will thank You forever, because You have done it. I will wait for Your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

REFERENCES:

Approbation

1Samuel 21-22 (Not included here)

1Samuel 21:7  Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Adonai. His name was Doeg (דאג = 14) the Edomite (אדומי, Adomi), the chief of Saul’s herdsmen.

1Samuel 16:12  And he sent and brought [David (דוד = 14)], in. Now he was ruddy (אדמוני, admoni), and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And Adonai said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

Verse 1

Isaiah 22:17-18  Behold, Adonai will hurl you away violently, O you strong man (גבור, gibor). He will seize firm hold on you and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.

Verse 2

1Samuel 16:17-18  So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.” One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and Adonai is with him.”

Verse 4

Proverbs 1:10-12  My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow (בלע, bala) them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit…”

Psalm 5:9  For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Verse 7

Proverbs 10:31  The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 12:19  Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Verse 8

Judges 16:25  And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain (שחק,sachak) us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained (צחק, tzachak)  them… [1^st app.]

Psalm 2:4  He who sits in the heavens laughs (שחק, sachak); the Lord holds them in derision.