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.|


In Context

4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

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.

6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

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.|

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.

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. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of |Mahalath.| A contemplation by David.

Psalm 52:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:7Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

52:7"Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

52:7Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

52:7'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:7See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.