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, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.

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

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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

Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. (Selah)

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

Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] 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] dwelling-place, 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:

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 strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his 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 mercy 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; for [it is] good before thy saints.