Psalms 52

1 For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day

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

2 your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.

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

3 You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. (Pause)

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

4 You has loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.

You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.

5 Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. (Pause)

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)

6 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

7 Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

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.

8 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

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

9 I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints.

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.