Psalms 52

1 Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.

For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day

2 The tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.

3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. (Selah)

Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. (Pause)

4 You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.

Thou has loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.

5 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. (Selah)

Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from [thy] dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. (Pause)

6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

9 I will praise you for ever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints.

I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before the saints.