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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

[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)

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

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

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.”

“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.”

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

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