To the choir director. A Maschil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech
Psa. 52:1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? / God’s lovingkindness endures continually.
Psa. 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction; / It is like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Psa. 52:3 You have loved evil rather than good, / Falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
Psa. 52:4 You have loved all the devouring words, / O deceitful tongue.
Psa. 52:5 God will likewise break you down forever; / He will take you and pluck you up from your tent, / And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Psa. 52:6 And the righteous will see it and fear, / And they will laugh at him, saying,
Psa. 52:7 Behold, this is that mighty man / Who did not make God his strength, / But trusted in the multitude of his riches / And strengthened himself in his desire.
Psa. 52:8 But I, like a flourishing olive tree / In the house of God, / Trust in God’s lovingkindness / Forever and ever.
Psa. 52:9 I will give You thanks forever, / For You have acted; / And I will hope in Your name in the presence of Your faithful ones, / For it is good.