Why boast of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God
and the godly, O mighty sinful man, day after day?
Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness,
justice and right. Selah pause, and calmly think of that!
You love all destroying and devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
God will likewise break you down and destroy you forever; He will lay
hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the
land of the living. Selah pause and calmly think of that!
The uncompromisingly righteous also shall see it and be in reverent
fear and awe, but about you they will scoffingly laugh, saying,
See, this is the man who made not God his strength, his stronghold
and high tower, but trusted in and confidently relied on the abundance of
his riches; seeking refuge and security for himself through his wickedness.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in and confidently
rely on the loving-kindness and the mercy of God forever and ever.
I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it,
delivered me and kept me safe. I will wait on, hope in and expect in
Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints.
Your kind and pious ones.
Psalm 52
To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic
or reflective poem. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite
came and told Saul, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.
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