Psalms 52

1 For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of David, concerning the time when Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the home of Ahimelech.” You great man, why do you boast about the evil things you've done? God's trustworthy love lasts all day long.

“To the chief musician, a Maskil of David, When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Achimelech.” What vauntest thou thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? the kindness of God endureth all the time.

2 You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.

3 You love evil more than good, and telling lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah)

Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood more than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

4 You love slanderous words that destroy others, you liar!

Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit.

5 But God will strike you down so hard you'll never get up. He will grab hold of you and drag you from your tent. He will tear you out of the land of the living. (Selah)

[Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. (Selah)

6 Those who do right will see all this. They will be astonished and laugh, saying,

And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him:

7 “See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”

“Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”

8 But I'm like an olive tree growing strongly in God's house. I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.

But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the kindness of God for ever and ever.

9 I will praise you forever, God, for all you have done. In the presence of your trustworthy people, I will place my hope in the kind of person you are, for you are good.

I will thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for [it is] good, before thy pious ones.