Psalms 52

1 “To the chief musician, a Maskil of David, When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Achimelech.” What vauntest thou thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? the kindness of God endureth all the time.

You people [think that you] are strong and brag about the sins that you have committed, while you plan to harm godly people.

2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.

All during the day you plan to get rid of [others]; what you say [MTY] [injures others] like a sharp razor [SIM], and you are [always] deceiving [others].

3 Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood more than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

You like [doing what is] evil more than you like doing what is good, and you like telling lies more than you like telling the truth.

4 Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit.

You who say things [MTY] to deceive people, you like to say (things that hurt people/cruel things)!

5 [Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. (Selah)

But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive.

6 And the righteous shall see it, and they will be afraid, and laugh concerning him:

When righteous [people] see that, they will be awestruck, and they will laugh at [what happened to] you, and say,

7 “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”

“Look [what happened to] the man who would not ask God to protect him; he trusted that his great wealth [would save him]; he trusted in the money that he got by wickedly taking it from others!”

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

But I am [secure/safe because I worship] in God’s temple; I am like a [strong] green olive tree. I trust in God, who faithfully loves us forever.

9 I will thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for [it is] good, before thy pious ones.

God, I will always thank you for the things that you have done. As I stand before godly [people], I will proclaim that you are good (OR, the many good [MTY] [things you have done for us]).