1 Psalm 52 I Trust in the Lovingkindness of God For the choir director. A 52:0Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm Maskil of David. 52:01 Sam 22:9 When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of Godenduresall day long.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,Falsehood more than speaking what is right. 52:3Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude Selah.
4 You love all words that devour,O deceitful tongue.
5 ¶ 52:5Or Also But God will break you down forever;He will snatch you up and tear you away fromyourtent,And uproot you from the land of the living,Selah.
6 So that the righteous will see and fear,And will laugh at him,saying,
7 “Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,But trusted in the abundance of his richesAndwas strong in his destruction.”
8 ¶But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
9 I will give You thanks forever, because You have doneit,And I will hope on Your name, forit isgood, in the presence of Your holy ones.