Psalms 52

1 For the chief musician. A maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why are you proud of making trouble, you mighty man? The covenant faithfulness of God comes every day.

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

2 Your tongue plans destruction like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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 You love evil more than good and lying rather 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 You love all words that devour others, you deceitful tongue.

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

5 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)

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 The righteous will also see it and fear; they will laugh at him and say,

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

7 “See, this is a man who did not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and he was strong when he destroyed others.”

“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 as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house; I will trust in the covenant faithfulness of God forever 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 give you thanks forever for what you have done. I will wait for your name, because it is good, in the presence of your godly people.

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]).