Psalms, 52

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. To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.

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

2. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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

3. Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

4. You revel in destructive talk, treacherous tongue!

4. Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] 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. God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

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

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

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. Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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 mercy 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 praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.