Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 52:5

"God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah" — Psalms 52:5 (ASV)

Destroy. —Better, tear down, as if of a building.

Take you away. —Better, lay hold of you. The Hebrew word is always used of taking a live coal from the hearth. Notice, however, that the exactly opposite is intended of our “pluck a brand from the burning.” Here the idea is of pulling the house-fire to pieces, and so extinguishing domestic life.