Psalms 52

1 Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.

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 The tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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

3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. (Selah)

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

4 You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root 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 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

'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 am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever 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 for ever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints.

I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!