Psalms 52

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

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

2 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].

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

3 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.

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.

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

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

5 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.

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.

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

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

7 “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!”

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

8 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.

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

9 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]).

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.