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.”^(A)

Thanksgiving

³ We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴ for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints ⁵ because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth,^(A) the gospel ⁶ that has come to you. It is bearing fruit^(B) and growing all over the world,^(C) just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate^(D) God’s grace.^{[a](E) 7} You learned this from Epaphras,^(F) our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ^(G) on your^[b] behalf, ⁸ and he has told us about your love in the Spirit.^(H)

Prayer for Spiritual Growth

⁹ For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking^(I) that you may be filled with the knowledge^(J) of his will^(K) in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,^{[c] 10} so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work^(L) and growing in the knowledge of God,^{(M) 11} being strengthened^(N) with all power,^(O) according to his glorious^(P) might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you^[d] to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.^{(Q) 13} He has rescued^(R) us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom^(S) of the Son^(T) he loves.^{(U) 14} In him we have redemption,^[e] the forgiveness of sins.

Growth in the Faith

³ His^[a] divine power^(A) has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge^(B) of him who called^(C) us by^[b] his own glory and goodness. ⁴ By these he has given us very great and precious promises,^(D) so that through them you may share in the divine nature,^(E) escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. ⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, ⁶ knowledge with self-control,^(F) self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, ⁷ godliness with brotherly affection,^(G) and brotherly affection with love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless^(H) or unfruitful^(I) in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election,^(J) because if you do these things you will never stumble. ¹¹ For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom^(K) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

¹² Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth^(L) you now have. ¹³ I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent,^(M) to wake you up with a reminder, ¹⁴ since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me.^{(N) 15} And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure.^[c]