Psalms 52

1 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.

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 do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day

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

your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.

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

You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. (Pause)

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

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

5 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)

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

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

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

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

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

8 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,

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

I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints.