Psalms 52

1 For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Abimelech.” Why gloriest thou in mischief, thou man of violence? The goodness of God yet continueth daily.

2 your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.

Thy tongue deviseth mischief, Like a sharp razor, thou contriver of deceit!

3 You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. (Pause)

Thou lovest evil more than good, And to lie more than to speak truth. (Pause)

4 You has loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue!

5 Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. (Pause)

Thee also shall God utterly destroy! o He shall seize thee, and tear thee from thy dwelling-place, And uproot thee from the land of the living. (Pause)

6 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

The righteous shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him.

7 Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

“Behold the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And placed his strength in his wickedness!”

8 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

But I shall be like a green olive-tree in the house of God; I will trust in the goodness of God for ever and ever.

9 I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints.

I will praise thee for ever for what thou hast done; I will trust in thy name, because it is good, Before the eyes of thy godly ones!