Psalms 52

1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

達味訓誨歌，交與樂官。 作於厄東人多厄格前去報告撒烏耳，說達味到了阿希默肋客家後。 你這以作惡端為能事的人！你為什麼竟以罪為榮為幸？

2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

你這欺詐的人，你時時懷念邪惡，你的舌頭正如一把銳利的剃刀。

3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.

你愛作惡超過行善，你愛說謊超過真言。

4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

你這欺詐虛偽的舌頭，凡人的話你都羨慕。

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.

為此，天主必要消滅你，把你永遠廢去，要帳幕中拔去你，由人間將你根除。

6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

義人見了必然害怕，要對他冷嘲熱笑說：

7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

請看，這便是那不以天主作自己保障的人，他只依恃自己的財富，以邪惡而誇勝。

8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

我卻好像天主殿中的茂盛橄欖樹，全心信賴天主的慈愛，一直到永久。

9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

上主行了此事，我要永遠稱頌你，我要在你聖徒的面前，讚揚你美善的聖名。