Psalms, 52

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0. To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."

1. [For the choirmaster Poem Of David When Doeg the Edomite went and warned Saul, 'David has gone to Abimelech's house'] Why take pride in being wicked, you champion in villainy, all day long

1. Why do you boast, O mighty man, of mischief done against the godly? All the day

2. plotting crime? Your tongue is razor-sharp, you artist in perfidy.

2. you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

3. You prefer evil to good, lying to uprightness. Pause

3. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth. [Selah]

4. You revel in destructive talk, treacherous tongue!

4. You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

5. That is why God will crush you, destroy you once and for all, snatch you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living.Pause

5. But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. [Selah]

6. The upright will be awestruck as they see it, they will mock him,

6. The righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

7. 'So much for someone who would not place his reliance in God, but relied on his own great wealth, and made himself strong by crime.'

7. "See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!"

8. But I, like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God, put my trust in God's faithful love, for ever and ever.

8. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God for ever and ever.

9. I shall praise you for ever for what you have done, and shall trust in your name, so full of goodness, in the presence of your faithful.

9. I will thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it. I will proclaim thy name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.