PSALM 52

Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.

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Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God {endures} all day long. 2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. 3
You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. 4
You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

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But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from {your} tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. 6
The righteous will see and fear,
And will laugh at him, {saying,} 7
“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
{And} was strong in his {evil} desire.

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But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. 9
I will give You thanks forever, because You have done {it,}
And I will wait on Your name, for {it is} good, in the presence of Your godly ones.