Psalm 52

PSALM 52

Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the choir director. A ^†Maskil of David, ^•when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

¹Why do you ^aboast in evil, O mighty man?

The ^blovingkindness of God endures all day long.

²Your tongue devises ^adestruction,

Like a ^bsharp razor, ^cO worker of deceit.

³You ^alove evil more than good,

^bFalsehood more than speaking what is right.

¹Selah.

⁴You love all words that devour,

O ^adeceitful tongue.

⁵¹But God will break you down forever;

He will snatch you up and ^atear you away from your tent,

And ^buproot you from the ^cland of the living.

Selah.

⁶The righteous will ^asee and fear,

And will ^blaugh at him, saying,

⁷“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,

But ^atrusted in the abundance of his riches

And ^bwas strong in ¹his evil desire.”

⁸But as for me, I am like a ^agreen olive tree in the house of God;

I ^btrust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

⁹I will ^agive You thanks forever, because You have done it,

And I will wait on Your name, ^bfor it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.