PSALM 52

To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1 Why do you boast, O mighty man,

of mischief done against the godly?b

All the day 2 you are plotting destruction.

Your tongue is like a sharp razor,

you worker of treachery.

3 You love evil more than good,

and lying more than speaking the truth. [Selah]

4 You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down for ever;

he will snatch and tear you from your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living. [Selah]

6 The righteous shall see, and fear,

and shall laugh at him, saying,

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

but trusted in the abundance of his riches,

and sought refuge in his wealth!”c

8 But I am like a green olive tree

in the house of God.

I trust in the steadfast love of God

for ever and ever.

9 I will thank thee for ever,

because thou hast done it.

I will proclaimd thy name, for it is good,

in the presence of the godly.