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.
[For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."] Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises mischiefs, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You have loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. (Selah)
4 You have loved all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.
You love all devouring words, you deceitful 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)
God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. (Selah)
6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
The righteous also will see it, and fear, and 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.”
"Look, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and was confident in his desire."
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 as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever 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 give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your faithful ones.
