Psalmorum 52
1 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?
You people [think that you] are strong and brag about the sins that you have committed, while you plan to harm godly people.
2 Tota die injustitiam cogitavit lingua tua; sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.
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 Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
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 Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis; lingua dolosa.
You who say things [MTY] to deceive people, you like to say (things that hurt people/cruel things)!
5 Propterea Deus destruet te in finem; evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo, et radicem tuam de terra viventium.
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 Videbunt justi, et timebunt; et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:
When righteous [people] see that, they will be awestruck, and they will laugh at [what happened to] you, and say,
7 Ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adjutorem suum; sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum, et prævaluit in vanitate sua.
“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 Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei; speravi in misericordia Dei, in æternum et in sæculum sæculi.
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 Confitebor tibi in sæculum, quia fecisti; et exspectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.
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]).
