Psalm 52

1 For the one directing. A Maskil of David, in the coming of Doeg the Edomite, when he announced to Saul and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God [is] all the day.

2 Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor working deceit.

3 You love evil more than good, lying more than speaking righteousness. Selah

4 You love all devouring words, O tongue of deceit!

5 Even God will tear you down forever; He will take you up and pluck you out of the tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

6 and the righteous will see and fear, and they shall laugh at him:

7 “Behold the man who did not set God [as] his refuge, and [who] trusted in the abundance of his wealth, [and] took strength by destruction.”

8 And I [am] green, like an olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

9 I will confess You forever, because You have done [it]. And I will call on Your name, for [it is] good before of Your holy ones.