Psalms 52 · Verse 5

Psalms 52:5

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 52:5, King James Version

Psalms 52:5 in other translations

BSBSurely 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
WEBGod 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.
ASVGod will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah
YLTAlso--God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
DARBYGod shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
BBEBut God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
WebsterGod shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

What does Psalms 52:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. likewise--or, "so," "also," as you have done to others God will do to you (Psa 18:27). The following terms describe the most entire ruin.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 God shall likewise destroy thee - 1. God shall set himself to destroy thee; יתצך yittotscha, "he will pull down thy building;" he shall unroof it, dilapidate, and dig up thy foundation. 2. He shall bruise or break thee to pieces for ever; thou shalt have neither strength, consistence, nor support. 3. He will mow thee down, and sweep thee away like dust or chaff, or light hay in a whirlwind, so that thou shalt be scattered to all the winds of heaven. Thou shalt have no residence, no tabernacle: that shall be entirely destroyed. Thou shalt be rooted out for ever from the land of the living. The bad fruit which it has borne shall bring God's curse upon the tree; it shall not merely wither, or die, but it shall be plucked up from the roots, intimating that such a sinner shall die a violent death. Selah. So it shall be, and so it ought to be.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 52:1-5

Those that glory in sin, glory in their shame. The patience and forbearance of God are abused by sinners, to the hardening of their hearts in their wicked ways. But the enemies in vain boast in their mischief, while we have God's mercy to trust in. It will not save us from the guilt of lying, to be able to say, there was some truth in what we said, if we make it appear otherwise than it was. The more there is of…

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Psalms 52:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אֵל֮'elGodH410
יִתָּצְךָ֪yi.ta.tze.Khahe will tear down youH5422
לָ֫נֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuityH5331
יַחְתְּךָ֣yach.te.Khahe will snatch up youH2846
וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ve.yi.sa.cha.Khaand he will tear away youH5255
מֵאֹ֑הֶלme.'O.helfrom a tentH168
וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ve.she.resh.Khaand he will root up youH8327
מֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
חַיִּ֣יםchai.Yimliving [people]H2416
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 52:5

  • Proverbs 2:22

    But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

  • Psalms 27:13

    I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

  • Revelation 21:8

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  • Proverbs 12:19

    The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  • Isaiah 38:11

    I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

  • Proverbs 19:9

    A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

  • Job 18:14

    His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

  • Luke 16:27-28

    Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

  • Proverbs 19:5

    A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

  • Isaiah 22:19

    And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

  • Psalms 140:9-11

    As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Psalms 37:35-36

    I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
7:14-16; 55:23; 64:7-10; 120:2-4; 140:9-11; Pr 12:19; 19:5,9
Re 21:8
destroy thee. Heb. beat thee down. pluck.
37:35,36; Job 18:14; 20:6,7; Lu 16:27,28
root.
Pr 2:22
the land.
27:13; 116:9; Isa 38:11

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Context

  • Psalms 52:4

    Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • Psalms 52:5

    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Psalms 52:6

    The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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Psalms 52:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto Dios te derribará para siempre: te asolará y te arrancará de tu morada, y te desarraigará de la tierra de los vivientes. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu as aimé le mal plus que le bien, le mensonge plus que la parole de justice. Sélah.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gott wird dich auch zerstören für immerdar; er wird dich fassen und herausreißen aus dem Zelte und auswurzeln aus dem Lande der Lebendigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nonne scient omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, qui devorant plebem meam ut cibum panis?