Psalms 52 — parallel

52:1

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?

For the choirmaster. of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

52:2

Your tongue plots destruction,

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

52:3

You love evil more than good,

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

52:4

You love all devouring words,

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

52:5

God will likewise destroy you forever.

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

52:6

The righteous also will see it, and fear,

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

52:7

“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength,

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

52:8

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house.

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

52:9

I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.