Psalm 52

New American Standard Bible

Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the music director. A ^[a]Maskil of David, ^[b]when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

52 Why do you ^(A)boast in evil, you mighty man?
The ^(B)faithfulness of God endures all day long.
²Your tongue devises ^(C)destruction,
Like a ^(D)sharp razor, ^(E)you worker of deceit.
³You ^(F)love evil more than good,
^(G)Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah
⁴You love all words that devour,
You ^(H)deceitful tongue.

⁵^[c]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and ^(I)tear you away from your tent,
And ^(J)uproot you from the ^(K)land of the living. Selah
⁶The righteous will ^(L)see and fear,
And they will ^(M)laugh at him, saying,
⁷“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But ^(N)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And ^(O)was strong in ^[d]his evil desire.”

⁸But as for me, I am like a ^(P)green olive tree in the house of God;
I ^(Q)trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.
⁹I will ^(R)praise You forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, ^(S)for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.