Holy Scripture

Psalms 52:6

A church father on this verse
“"Wherefore God shall destroy you at the end" [Psalm 52:6]: though now you seem to flourish like grass in the field before the heat of the sun. For, "All flesh is grass, and the brightness of man as the bloom of grass: the grass has withered, and the bloom has fallen down: but the word of the Lord abides for everlastin…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 52

Source: Septuagint

Original

6For God has scattered the bones of the men pleasers; They were ashamed, for God despised them.

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4They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that does good, there is not even one.

5Will none of the workers of iniquity know, Who devour my people as they would eat bread? They have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:

— Psalms 52:6 —

7Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion? When the Lord turns the captivity of his people, Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad.

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