Day 1 · Why Do You Boast of Evil?
Psalm 52:1–9
1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. 2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. 3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah 4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. 5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah 6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, 7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever. 9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
Berean Standard Bible
Observe
What contrast does the psalm draw between the ending of the evildoer in verse 5 and the psalmist's own future in verse 8?
Apply
How can you make God your refuge this week when you are tempted to rely on your own wealth or strength?
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