52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.

⁷ “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his ^[a]wickedness.”

⁹ The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as ^(A)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

³ Therefore the ^(A)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a ^(B)harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.

¹⁵ Were they ^(A)ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed;
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.

⁵ The Lord is righteous in her midst,
He will do no unrighteousness.
^[a]Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He never fails,
But ^(A)the unjust knows no shame.