{"id":319,"date":"2012-02-14T05:57:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T13:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=319"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:31:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:31:54","slug":"psalm-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/14\/psalm-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 52"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Psalm 52<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> is a short Psalm that provides a poetic backdrop to the historical context of when Doeg\u00a0was sent\u00a0by Saul to kill Ahimelech’s family in 1 Samuel 21 and 22<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Verses 1-3-Historically, Doeg\u00a0lies about Ahimelech. He told Saul that Ahimelech\u00a0was conspiring against his kingdom when he said that Ahimelech was aiding David’s escape (1 Samuel 22.9-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). What words are you speaking today? Do they reflect\u00a0godliness\u00a0or wickedness? Do you enjoy gossip? Do you tell half-truths, which are lies, in order to\u00a0get out of trouble? When you do this, you are emulating Doeg. This is why David places the Selah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> here.<\/div>\n
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Verses 4-5-David pronounces God’s judgment on Doeg\u00a0and all who are like him. Selah, consider that the next time you speak words.<\/div>\n
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Verses 6-7-The Hebrew here is interesting at the end of verse seven. Instead of the word “wealth” it has “in his destruction.” Paul reminds us in 1 Timothy 6.10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> that the pursuit of wealth (anything other than the pursuit of God) leads to destruction (Proverbs 14.12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/div>\n
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Verses 8-9-David ends this Psalm with confidence in whom God is and an exclamation of\u00a0praise before God’s people. We should never belittle what God has done in our lives. We need to tell what the Lord has done for us on a regular basis. We need to do this because He is good. When was the last time you gave praise for what God has done?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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