Psalm 52:1–9
1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boasty all day long,z
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 You who practice deceit,a
your tongue plots destruction;b
it is like a sharpened razor.c
3 You love evild rather than good,
falsehoode rather than speaking the truth.c
4 You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!f
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluckg you from your tent;
he will uprooth you from the land of the living.i
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laughj at you, saying,
who did not make God his strongholdk
but trusted in his great wealthl
and grew strong by destroying others!”
8 But I am like an olive treem
flourishing in the house of God;
I trustn in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9 For what you have done I will always praise youo
in the presence of your faithful people.p
And I will hope in your name,q
for your name is good.r