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- Psalms
- Chapter 52
- Verse 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.
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Gill's Exposition
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever,.... As a just retaliation for the mischief done to others; or, "therefore God shall destroy" (z), &c. even body and soul in hell, with an everlasting…
Barnes' Notes
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever - Margin, “beat thee down.” The Hebrew word means to “tear, to break down, to destroy:” Lev 14:45; Jdg 6:30. The reference here is not to the “tongue” alluded…
The title is a brief account of the story which the psalm refers to. David now, at length, saw it necessary to quit the court, and shift for his own safety, for fear of Saul, who had once and again…
Cambridge Bible
likewise We might have expected therefore, as P.B.V. following Vulg. loosely renders: but likewiseis significant. There is a correspondence and equivalence between the sin and its punishment Cp. Mic…
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