52:1 For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
52:2 Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.
52:3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah
52:4 You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!
52:5 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
52:6 The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,
52:7 “Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”
52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
52:9 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.
52:1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? / God s lovingkindness endures continually.
52:2 Your tongue devises destruction; / It is like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
52:3 You have loved evil rather than good, / Falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
52:4 You have loved all the devouring words, / O deceitful tongue.
52:5 God will likewise break you down forever; / He will take you and pluck you up from your tent, / And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
52:6 And the righteous will see it and fear, / And they will laugh at him, saying,
52:7 Behold, this is that mighty man / Who did not make God his strength, / But trusted in the multitude of his riches / And strengthened himself in his desire.
52:8 But I, like a flourishing olive tree / In the house of God, / Trust in God s lovingkindness / Forever and ever.
52:9 I will give You thanks forever, / For You have acted; / And I will hope in Your name in the presence of Your faithful ones, / For it is good.