Psalms 52

1 Unto the end. The understanding of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, David went to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you glory in malice, you who are powerful in iniquity?

“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 All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.

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

3 You have loved malice above goodness, and iniquity more than speaking righteousness.

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

4 You have loved all precipitous words, you deceitful tongue.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue!

5 Because of this, God will destroy you in the end. He will pull you up, and he will remove you from your tabernacle and your root from the land of the living.

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 The just will see and be afraid, and they will laugh over him, and say:

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

7 “Behold the man who did not set God as his helper. But he hoped in the multitude of his riches, and so he prevailed in his emptiness.”

“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, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.

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 confess to you forever, because you have accomplished it. And I will wait on your name, for it is good in the sight of your 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!