Psalmorum 52

1 in finem intellectus David cum venit Doec Idumeus et adnuntiavit Saul et dixit venit David in domo Achimelech quid gloriatur in malitia qui potens est iniquitate

For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’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 diapsalma

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

4 dilexisti omnia verba praecipitationis linguam dolosam

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

5 propterea Deus destruet te in finem evellet te et emigrabit te de tabernaculo et radicem tuam de terra viventium diapsalma

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

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

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 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 saints.