Psalm 52

1. (0) For the leader. A maskil of David,

2. 2 when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:

3. (1) Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant, 3 when God’s mercy is present every day?

4. (2) Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, 4 plots destruction and works deception.

5. (3) You love evil more than good, 5 lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)

6. (4) You love all words that eat people up, 6 you deceitful tongue!

7. (5) This is why God will strike you down, 7 seize you, pluck you from your tent 7 and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

8. (6) The righteous will see and be awestruck; 8 they will jeer at him, saying,

9. (7) “This fellow would not make God his refuge, 9 but trusted in his own great wealth, 9 relying on his evil plots.”

10. (8) But I am like a leafy olive tree 10 in the house of God; 10 I put my trust in the grace of God 10 forever and ever.

11. (9) I will praise you forever for what you have done, 11 and I will put my hope in your name; 11 for this is what is good 11 in the presence of your faithful.