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.

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

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

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

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

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

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

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)

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

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

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.'

“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 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,

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

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.