Psalm 52

Psalm 52
Psalm 52
"Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?"
	Beginning of Psalm 52 in Claricia's Psalter
Other name	Psalm 51; "Quid gloriatur in malitia";
Text	Attributed to King David
Language	Hebrew (original)

Psalm 52 is the 52nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 51. In Latin, it is known as "Quid gloriatur in malitia",^[1] It is described as a maskil,^[2] attributed to David, and is said to have been written "when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, "David has gone to the house of Ahimelech".^[3] In this psalm, David criticises those who use their talents for evil.^[4]

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant liturgies.

^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 51 / 52 Archived 7 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
^ Psalm heading to Psalm 52 in the New International Version
^ Psalm heading to Psalm 52 in the New King James Version
^ The Artscroll Tehillim, page 110

[1] Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 51 / 52 Archived 7 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net

[2] Psalm heading to Psalm 52 in the New International Version

[3] Psalm heading to Psalm 52 in the New King James Version

[4] The Artscroll Tehillim, page 110

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