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.

To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God [abideth] continually.

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

Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.

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

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. (Selah)

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

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O 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 shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, 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.”

Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his avarice.

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 will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever 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 praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]; and I will wait on thy name, before thy godly ones, for it is good.