Psalms 52

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ▼
▼ Probably a musical or liturgical term
 of David, when b Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1  Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
 2 Your c tongue plots destruction,
like d a sharp razor, you e worker of deceit.
 3 You love evil more than good,
and f lying more than speaking what is right.  Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
 5  But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and g tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from h the land of the living.  Selah
6 The righteous shall i see and fear,
and shall j laugh at him, saying,
 7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but k trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!” ▼
▼ Or  in his work of destruction

 8  But I am like m a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
 9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name n for it is good,
in the presence of the o godly.
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