Psalms 52

1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

1 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

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

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 will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

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 I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

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 praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.

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.