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.

Why boast thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God is continual.

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

Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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

Thou love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness. (Selah)

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

Thou love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

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.

God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. (Selah)

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

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

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.”

Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving kindness of God forever and ever.

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.

I will give thee thanks forever, because thou have done it. And I will hope in thy name in the presence of thy sanctified, for it is good.