Psalms, 52

To the director. Masʹkil.^*1 Of David, when Doʹeg the Eʹdom·ite came and proceeded to tell Saul and say to him that David had come to the house of A·himʹe·lech.

¹ Why do you make your boast over what is bad, O you mighty one? The loving-kindness^*1 of God^*2 is all day long.

² Adversities your tongue schemes up, sharpened like a razor, Working deceitfully.^*1

³ You have loved what is bad more than what is good, Falsehood more than speaking righteousness. Seʹlah.

⁴ You have loved all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.^*1

⁵ God himself will also pull you down forever; He will knock you down and tear you away from [your] tent, And he will certainly root you out of the land of the living ones. Seʹlah.

⁶ And the righteous ones will see [it] and will be afraid, And over him they will laugh.

⁷ Here is the able-bodied man that does not put God as his fortress, But that trusts in the abundance of his riches, That takes shelter in adversities by him.

⁸ But I shall be like a luxuriant olive tree in God’s house; I do trust in the loving-kindness of God to time indefinite, even forever.

⁹ I will laud you to time indefinite, for you have taken action; And I shall hope in your name, because it is good, in front of your loyal ones.