Psalm 52 — Legacy Standard Bible

I Trust in the Lovingkindness of God

For the choir director. A ¹Maskil of David. ²When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

Why do you ^aboast in evil, O mighty man?The ^blovingkindness of God endures all day long.²Your tongue devises ^adestruction,Like a ^bsharp razor, ^cO worker of deceit.³You ^alove evil more than good,^bFalsehood more than speaking what is right. ¹ Selah.⁴You love all words that devour,O ^adeceitful tongue.⁵¹But God will break you down forever;He will snatch you up and ^atear you away from your tent,And ^buproot you from the ^cland of the living, Selah.⁶So that the righteous will ^asee and fear,And will ^blaugh at him, saying,⁷“Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,But ^atrusted in the abundance of his richesAnd ^bwas strong in his destruction.”⁸But as for me, I am like a ^agreen olive tree in the house of God;I ^btrust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.⁹I will ^agive You thanks forever, because You have done it,And I will hope on Your name, ^bfor it is good, in the presence of Your holy ones.