Psalm, 52

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

¹ Why do you boast about your evil acts, you mighty one? The loyal love of God lasts all day long.

² Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, Schemes harm and works deceitfully.

³ You love evil more than what is good, Lying more than speaking what is right. (Selah)

⁴ You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!

⁵ That is why God will pull you down once and for all; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

⁶ The righteous ones will see it and be filled with awe, And they will laugh at him.

⁷ “Here is a man who did not make God his refuge,^*1 But he trusted in his great riches And relied on^*2 his own evil plots.”^*3

⁸ But I will be like a luxuriant olive tree in God’s house; My trust is in God’s loyal love, forever and ever.

⁹ I will praise you forever because you have taken action; In the presence of your loyal ones, I will hope in your name, for it is good.