Psalms 52

1 Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually.

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Abimelech.” Why gloriest thou in mischief, thou man of violence? The goodness of God yet continueth daily.

2 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischief, Like a sharp razor, thou contriver of deceit!

3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. (Selah)

Thou lovest evil more than good, And to lie more than to speak truth. (Pause)

4 You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue!

5 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. (Selah)

Thee also shall God utterly destroy! o He shall seize thee, and tear thee from thy dwelling-place, And uproot thee from the land of the living. (Pause)

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

The righteous shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him.

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

“Behold the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And placed his strength in his wickedness!”

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.

But I shall be like a green olive-tree in the house of God; I will trust in the goodness of God for ever and ever.

9 I will praise you for ever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints.

I will praise thee for ever for what thou hast done; I will trust in thy name, because it is good, Before the eyes of thy godly ones!