Psalms 52

1 To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.

達味訓誨歌，交與樂官。 作於厄東人多厄格前去報告撒烏耳，說達味到了阿希默肋客家後。 你這以作惡端為能事的人！你為什麼竟以罪為榮為幸？

2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

你這欺詐的人，你時時懷念邪惡，你的舌頭正如一把銳利的剃刀。

3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

你愛作惡超過行善，你愛說謊超過真言。

4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

你這欺詐虛偽的舌頭，凡人的話你都羨慕。

5 Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. (Selah)

為此，天主必要消滅你，把你永遠廢去，要帳幕中拔去你，由人間將你根除。

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

義人見了必然害怕，要對他冷嘲熱笑說：

7 'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

請看，這便是那不以天主作自己保障的人，他只依恃自己的財富，以邪惡而誇勝。

8 And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

我卻好像天主殿中的茂盛橄欖樹，全心信賴天主的慈愛，一直到永久。

9 I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!

上主行了此事，我要永遠稱頌你，我要在你聖徒的面前，讚揚你美善的聖名。