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.

Unto the end, understanding for David, When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

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

All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

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

Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

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

Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, 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.

Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

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

The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

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 helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

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 I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea 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, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.