1 Psalm 52 God Judges the Proud For the choir director. A 'Maskil' of David. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.” Why boast about evil, you hero! God’s faithful love is constant.2 Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.3 You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah 4 You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!5 This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah 6 The righteous will see and fear, and they will derisively say about that hero, Lit about him 7 “Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.9 I will praise you forever for what you have done. In the presence of your faithful people, I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.