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 leader. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul that David had gone to Abimelech’s house. Why glory in mischief, you hero? God’s kindness is all the day.
2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.
Evil, not good, you love, and falsehood, not words of truth. (Selah)
4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
But you love all words that devour, and a tongue that is given to 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.
But God, on his part, shall destroy you forever, grasp you and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. (Selah)
6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Smitten with awe at the sight, the righteous shall laugh at you.
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.”
‘Look’ (they will say) ‘at the hero who did not make God his stronghold, but trusted in his great wealth and in the strength of his riches.’
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 fresh olive-tree in the house of God. I trust in the kindness of God for ever and evermore.
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 render you thanks for ever for what you have done. I will tell how good you are in the presence of those who love you.
