Psalmorum 52

1 In finem, Intellectus David, Cum venit Doeg Idumæus, et nunciavit Sauli: Venit David in domum Achimelech. Quid gloriaris in malitia, qui potens es in 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 æquitatem.

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

4 Dilexisti omnia verba præcipitationis, lingua dolosa.

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

5 Propterea Deus destruet te in finem, evellet te, et emigrabit te de tabernaculo tuo: et radicem tuam de terra viventium.

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 prævaluit 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 æternum: et in sæculum sæculi.

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 sæculum quia fecisti: et expectabo nomen tuum, quoniam bonum est 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!