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.

For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of David, concerning the time when Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the home of Ahimelech.” You great man, why do you boast about the evil things you've done? God's trustworthy love lasts all day long.

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

You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!

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

You love evil more than good, and telling lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah)

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

You love slanderous words that destroy others, you liar!

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.

But God will strike you down so hard you'll never get up. He will grab hold of you and drag you from your tent. He will tear you out of the land of the living. (Selah)

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

Those who do right will see all this. They will be astonished and laugh, 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.”

“See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”

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'm like an olive tree growing strongly in God's house. I trust in God's unfailing love 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 praise you forever, God, for all you have done. In the presence of your trustworthy people, I will place my hope in the kind of person you are, for you are good.