Psalms 52

1 TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID, IN THE COMING IN OF DOEG THE EDOMITE, AND HE DECLARES TO SAUL AND SAYS TO HIM, “DAVID CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.

2 Your tongue devises mischiefs, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

3 You have loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. (Selah)

4 You have loved all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.

Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!

5 Also—God breaks you down forever, Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, And He has uprooted you Out of the land of the living. (Selah)

So shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. (Selah)

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

The righteous also shall see it, and feare, and shall laugh at him, saying,

7 “Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, And trusts in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.”

Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

8 And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, For all time and forever,

But I shall bee like a greene oliue tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer.

9 I thank You for all time, because You have done [it], And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!

I will alway praise thee, for that thou hast done this, and I will hope in thy Name, because it is good before thy Saints.