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, a Maskil of David, When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Achimelech.” What vauntest thou thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? the kindness of God endureth all the time.

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

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.

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

Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood more than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

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

Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit.

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] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. (Selah)

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

And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him:

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 that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous 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 I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the 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 thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for [it is] good, before thy pious ones.