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 OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID, IN THE COMING IN OF DOEG THE EDOMITE, AND HE DECLARES TO SAUL AND SAYS TO HIM, “DAVID CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.

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

Your tongue devises mischiefs, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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

You have loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

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

You have loved all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.

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)

Also—God breaks you down forever, Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, And He has uprooted you Out of the land of the living. (Selah)

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

And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at 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!”

“Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, And trusts in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.”

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

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, For all time and forever,

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 thank You for all time, because You have done [it], And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!