Psalmorum 52

1 Psalmus In finem, Intellectus David, Cum venit Doeg Idumaeus, et nunciavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Abimelech. Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in iniquitate?

[For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."] Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

2 Tota die iniustitiam cogitavit lingua tua: sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem: iniquitatem magis quam loqui aequitatem.

You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. (Selah)

4 Dilexisti omnia verba praecipitationis, lingua dolosa.

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

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

God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. (Selah)

6 Videbunt iusti, et timebunt, et super eum ridebunt, et dicent:

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

7 ecce homo, qui non posuit Deum adiutorem suum: Sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum: et praevaluit in vanitate sua.

"Look, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and was confident in his desire."

8 Ego autem, sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei, speravi in misericordia Dei in aeternum: et in saeculum saeculi.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.

9 Confitebor tibi in saeculum quia fecisti: et expectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est in conspectu sanctorum tuorum.

I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your faithful ones.