Psalms 52

1 To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

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.

2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

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

3 You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah)

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

4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah)

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.

6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

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

7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

8 But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever.

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

9 I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

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.