Psalms 52

Royal Kingdom

Judgment on the Deceitful
To the choirmaster.
A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1

Why do you boast, O mighty man, of mischief done against the godly? All the day

2

you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

3

You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth.Selah

4

You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

5

But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

6

The righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

7

“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!”

8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

9

I will thank you for ever, because you have done it. I will proclaim your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

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