righteous: Psalms 37:34, Psalms 64:9, Psalms 97:8, Job 22:19, Malachi 1:5, Revelation 15:4, Revelation 16:5-Judges :, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:1, Revelation 19:2 and fear: Psalms 40:3, Psalms 119:120 laugh: Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Isaiah 37:22 Reciprocal: Job 21:28 - Where Psalms 27:3 - host Psalms 64:8 - all that Psalms 107:42 - righteous Jeremiah 9:23 - rich Zephaniah 2:15 - every Revelation 14:10 - in the read more
Lo: Isaiah 14:16, Isaiah 14:17, John 19:5 made: Psalms 146:3-Deuteronomy :, Jeremiah 17:5 trusted: Psalms 49:6-Proverbs :, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 62:10, Job 31:24, Job 31:25, 1 Timothy 6:17 strengthened: Psalms 73:7-1 Kings :, Psalms 73:18-Proverbs :, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Hosea 12:7, Hosea 12:8 wickedness: or, substance Reciprocal: Genesis 10:9 - Even Judges 5:27 - where 2 Chronicles 28:22 - this is Job 15:25 - strengtheneth Psalms 73:12 - these Psalms 81:1 - our strength Proverbs 10:15 - rich... read more
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:Fear — Reverence God's just judgment. read more
5-7. These verses describe the downfall of this wicked man. God shall… destroy thee Literally, God shall break thee down: cause thee to fall with a crash. Sudden and irretrievable ruin would end his boastful career of crime. For ever The fall of the wicked is without relief or hope. Pluck thee out of thy dwellingplace… root thee out of the land Descriptions of the utter extirpation of his plans and social standing. read more
6. The righteous… shall see, and fear They shall be filled with awe and reverence at the signal judgments of God, whereby the turpitude of sin and the holiness and justice of God are made manifest. To deter men from sin, and to inspire confidence in the rewarding government of God towards the righteous, are the chief exemplary ends of moral punishment. See Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 17:3; Deuteronomy 19:20; Revelation 15:4. And shall laugh at him Not as a vanquished enemy, which the... read more
7. The righteous now speak. Lo, this is the man Literally, Behold the strong man, or the hero. The same word is rendered, in Psalms 52:1, “mighty man.” The moral points in the history of this fallen man are, He made not God his strength; he trusted in the abundance of his riches, for acquiring which his office and rank gave great opportunity, 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:9; and he strengthened himself in his wickedness; that is, in the success of his wicked devices. Worldly men might... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 52:7
Psa 52:7 Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness. Ver. 7. Lo, this is the man ] Or, rather, now the monster to be pointed at; once so mighty, now so miserable, O quantum haec Niobe, &c., what a strange change is here, &c. As the true Israelite is pointed out with a Behold, for imitation, John 1:47 , so is this counterfeit Israelite for detestation. That made not God his strength... read more