Псалом 51

The reason for writing the psalm is indicated in Ps.52:2. This is Doik’s denunciation of the high priest Ahimelech for the hospitality the latter showed David. Why do you boast about your denunciation, which involves deceit and brings evil (3-6)? For this, the Lord will punish you, tear you away from the land of the living and, using your example, will clearly show the ruin of trusting only in your own strength, and not in God (7-9). But I, for my faith in God, will be like a green olive tree, for which I will glorify Him (10-11). Ps.51:2. after Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul and told him that David had come to the house of Ahimelech. Ps.51:3. Why do you boast of villainy, O mighty one? God's mercy is always with me; David calls Doik's denunciation of Saul a crime because he had the goal of accusing Ahimelech of helping David as an enemy of his king, that is, of sympathizing with the rebel and complicity with the latter. In this case, he deliberately misinterpreted the act of Ahimelech, who did not know the history of David’s real flight and if he showed him his participation, he was guided by the sacred custom of hospitality, and not by villainous intent against his king; Doik's denunciation, as the death of an innocent, was a crime. - “God's mercy is always with me.” David believes that the Lord will not leave him as his protection and Doik’s denunciation, designed to harm David, will be ineffective. Ps.51:7. Therefore God will completely crush you, tear you up and uproot you from [your] dwelling and your root from the land of the living. “For this, God will completely crush you” is an indefinite expression, indicating either his complete destruction on earth, the loss of his external well-being and the death of his offspring (“root... from the land of the living”), or eternal death and condemnation by God, when Doik will be deprived of closeness to God, eternal life before Him (“the land of the living,” i.e., the righteous), and will descend into the land of oblivion, in Sheol. Ps.51:10. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, and I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever, “I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.” The wicked will perish, but David's position will be strong and good, like a tree that grows green with plenty of moisture. David finds this power for his prosperity “in the house of God,” that is, from God who dwells in the tabernacle. You might be interested in: