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Psalm 51 (52) Brenton's English Septuagint

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  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1844
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 52 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)

Psalm 51 in Brenton = Psalm 52 in WEB.

Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David,
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2 when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
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3 Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day
52:1 For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.” Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
4 thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
52:2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
5 Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
52:3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
6 Thou hast loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.
52:4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
7 Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from [thy] dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.
52:5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
8 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
52:6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
9 Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
52:7 “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
10 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.
52:8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
11 I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.
52:9 I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.
Cross references (11)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.

  1. 1 Psalm 103:17; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 94:4; 1 Samuel 21:7; Isaiah 59:4
  2. 2 Psalm 103:17; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 94:4; 1 Samuel 21:7; Isaiah 59:4
  3. 3 Psalm 103:17; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 94:4; 1 Samuel 21:7; Isaiah 59:4
  4. 4 Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 6:16–19; Proverbs 12:18; Psalm 57:4; Jeremiah 9:3–4
  5. 5 Jeremiah 9:3–5; John 8:44; 2 Timothy 3:4; Romans 1:25; Revelation 22:15
  6. 6 Psalm 120:3; James 3:6–9; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
  7. 7 Proverbs 2:22; Psalm 27:13; Revelation 21:8; Proverbs 12:19; Isaiah 38:11
  8. 8 Job 22:19; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 37:34; Revelation 15:4; Revelation 18:20
  9. 9 Jeremiah 17:5; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 49:6–20; John 19:5
  10. 10 Psalm 92:12–14; Hosea 14:6–8; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 13:5; Jeremiah 11:16
  11. 11 Lamentations 3:25–26; Psalm 130:5–6; Psalm 73:28; Psalm 54:6; Psalm 62:5

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 52.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LI)

    Neither must this multitude's throng be defrauded, nor their infirmity burthened. Silence we ask, and quiet, in order that our voice, after yesterday's labour, be able with some little vigour to last out.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 52:8 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapter 20)

    For he prefigures that society of men which says, "But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God." But let him not seek the empty honors of a famous name upon earth, for "Blessed is the man that maketh the name of the Lord his trust, and respecteth not …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 52:8 Basil of Caesarea, Hexaemeron (Homily V)

    Be "like a green olive tree in the house of God," never destitute of hope, but decked through faith with the bloom of salvation.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)