The goodness of God endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully." vv.1-2
Read chapter 52
This psalm is written by David after the deceit of Doeg that caused priests to be killed. The story is in 1 Samuel 1 & 2. It starts off calling Doeg a mighty man. Might man here in the Hebrew is gibbowr and shows us that Doeg was a mighty and strong man for he personally killed the priests and also he was a powerful man as we read that he was wealthy too and at the king's aid. Yet I love the end of this psalm when it says in Hebrew "Here is the mighty man (geber) who did not make Mighty God (EL) his strength" in verse seven. How true of what we see today of "mighty" men that don't make God their strength yet we know their end. Next we learn of the deceit of words Doeg used for evil gain. The word in Hebrew for devises indicates great malignity. Doeg must have known that Saul’s disturbed mind would respond with calamity, so devised this destruction purposefully in order to make himself look good in the eyes of the king. "His tongue had brought about this destruction purposefully, and showed how malignant he was. So it is with such men: they work for their own good, and do not care what harm or even deaths they might cause in bringing it about" (Nathan Johnson, Bible Teacher). How have lies or deceitful words harmed you for someone else gain? Or how have you devised your words to someone knowing to get them to respond a certain way?
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