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, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou 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!

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

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

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou 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 doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee 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!”

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth 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, To the age and for 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 thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!