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.
Psalmus In finem, Intellectus David, Cum venit Doeg Idumaeus, et nunciavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Abimelech. Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?
2 You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!
Tota die iniustitiam cogitavit lingua tua: sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
3 You love evil more than good, and telling lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah)
Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem: iniquitatem magis quam loqui aequitatem.
4 You love slanderous words that destroy others, you liar!
Dilexisti omnia verba praecipitationis, lingua dolosa.
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)
Propterea Deus destruet te in finem, evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo: et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
6 Those who do right will see all this. They will be astonished and laugh, saying,
Videbunt iusti, et timebunt, et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:
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!”
ecce homo, qui non posuit Deum adiutorem suum: Sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum: et praevaluit in vanitate sua.
8 But I'm like an olive tree growing strongly in God's house. I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.
Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei, speravi in misericordia Dei in aeternum: et in saeculum saeculi.
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.
Confitebor tibi in saeculum quia fecisti: et expectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.
