Psalmorum 52

1 in finem intellectus David cum venit Doec Idumeus et adnuntiavit Saul et dixit venit David in domo Achimelech quid gloriatur in malitia qui potens est iniquitate

To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.

2 tota die iniustitiam cogitavit lingua tua sicut novacula acuta fecisti dolum

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

3 dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem iniquitatem magis quam loqui aequitatem diapsalma

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. (Selah)

4 dilexisti omnia verba praecipitationis linguam dolosam

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5 propterea Deus destruet te in finem evellet te et emigrabit te de tabernaculo et radicem tuam de terra viventium diapsalma

Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. (Selah)

6 videbunt iusti et timebunt et super eum ridebunt et dicent

And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

7 ecce homo qui non posuit Deum adiutorem suum sed speravit in multitudine divitiarum suarum et praevaluit in vanitate sua

'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

8 ego autem sicut oliva fructifera in domo Dei speravi in misericordia Dei in aeternum et in saeculum saeculi

And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

9 confitebor tibi in saeculum quia fecisti et expectabo nomen tuum quoniam bonum in conspectu sanctorum tuorum

I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!