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Psalm 51 (52) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 52 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

1 Unto the end, understanding for David, 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. [1 Kings 22] 3 Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity? 4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit. 5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness. 6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. 7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. 8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say: 9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity. 10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever. 11 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy 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 DRB.

  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)