Psalm 52 (New International Version)

Psalm 52

For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelech." ^[a]

 ¹ Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
       Why do you boast all day long,
       you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

 ² Your tongue plots destruction;
       it is like a sharpened razor,
       you who practice deceit.

 ³ You love evil rather than good,
       falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
       Selah

 ⁴ You love every harmful word,
       O you deceitful tongue!

 ⁵ Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
       He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
       he will uproot you from the land of the living.
       Selah

 ⁶ The righteous will see and fear;
       they will laugh at him, saying,

 ⁷ "Here now is the man
       who did not make God his stronghold
       but trusted in his great wealth
       and grew strong by destroying others!"

 ⁸ But I am like an olive tree
       flourishing in the house of God;
       I trust in God's unfailing love
       for ever and ever.

 ⁹ I will praise you forever for what you have done;
       in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
       I will praise you in the presence of your saints.