Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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Gill's Exposition
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength,.... The Targum renders it, "that made not the Word of the Lord his strength". These are the words the righteous would say, when they should see the…
Barnes' Notes
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength - That is, the righteous Psa 52:6 would say this. They would designate him as a man who had not made God his refuge, but who had trusted in his own…
David was at this time in great distress; the mischief Doeg had done him was but the beginning of his sorrows; and yet here we have him triumphing, and that is more than rejoicing, in tribulation.…
Cambridge Bible
The words of the righteous. There is a touch of sarcasm in the use of the word geber(akin to gibbor, Psa 52:52) for man(as perhaps in Isa 22:17, see R.V. marg.), denoting a man in his full vigour.
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