Psalm 52

 

For the director of music.  A maskil[a] of David.  When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”

 

 

1                    Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?  Why do you baost all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

 

2                    Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.

 

3                    You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.

Selah

 

4                    You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!

 

5                    Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.

Selah

 

6                    The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,

 

7                    “Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”

 

8                    But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.

 

9                    I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good.  I will praise you in the presence of your saints.