Commentators have found this psalm difficult to analyze according to the traditional form-critical categories and difficult to locate within a setting. This commentary argues that Psalm 52 shows greatest affinity to the liturgies of temple entry. We hear a prophetic indictment of the evil person (vv. 1–4) and his sentencing (v. 5); a liturgist’s testimony to the congregation in the form of a taunt (vv. 6–7), and his testimony of the benefits of entering God’s house and praising him (vv. 8–9). The opening four verses might sound like a lament over the wicked, but the psalm contains no petition. There is no hint the speaker is singled out for attack, and it is unlikely there is any mention of victims. (See below on v. 7 and the Additional Notes.) In fact, the speaker is already certain that …