Psalm 52
For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite
came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.”
1 Why do you boast
of mischief, mighty man?
God’s loving kindness endures continually.
2 Your tongue
plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, working
deceitfully.
3 You
love evil more
than good,
lying rather than speaking
the truth.
Selah.
4 You love
all devouring words,
you deceitful
tongue.
5 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 The righteous
also will see it,
and fear,
and laugh at him,
saying,
7 “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 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 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.