Psalms 52:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 52:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 52:5 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 52:5 — KJV
“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. destroy...: Heb. beat thee down”
— Psalms 52:5 (KJV)
Psalms 52:5 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 52:5
“Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:”
Shares key themes with Psalms 52:5: destroy, pluck, place
“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. overthrow: Heb. break down”
Shares key themes with Psalms 52:5: god, destroy, place
“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. by...: Heb. after them”
Shares key themes with Psalms 52:5: god, likewise, destroy
“And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. rock: Heb. strong place in the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner”
Shares key themes with Psalms 52:5: god, take, place
“And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth”
Shares key themes with Psalms 52:5: ever, land, heb
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