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.

In finem. Intellectus David, cum venit Doëg Idumæus, et nuntiavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech. Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?

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

Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.

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

Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.

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

Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.

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)

Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.

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

Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:

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.'

Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.

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,

Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.

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!

Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.