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 leader. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul that David had gone to Abimelech’s house. Why glory in mischief, you hero? God’s kindness is all the day.
2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.
3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)
Evil, not good, you love, and falsehood, not words of truth. (Selah)
4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
But you love all words that devour, and a tongue that is given to deceit.
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)
But God, on his part, shall destroy you forever, grasp you 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.
Smitten with awe at the sight, the righteous shall laugh at you.
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” (they will say) “at the hero who did not make God his stronghold, but trusted in his great wealth and in the strength of his riches.”
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 a fresh olive-tree in the house of God. I trust in the kindness of God for ever and evermore.
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 render you thanks for ever for what you have done. I will tell how good you are in the presence of those who love you.
