Psalms 52
52
Psalm 52#In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.
For the director of music. A maskil#Title: Probably a literary or musical term of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: ‘David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.’
1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2You who practise deceit,
your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor.
3You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.#52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
4You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!
5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
he will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at you, 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!’
8But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9For what you have done I will always praise you
in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
for your name is good.
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Psalms 52
52
The Deceitful Tongue
1For the leader. A maskil of David, 2when Doeg the Edomite entered and reported to Saul, saying to him: “David has entered the house of Ahimelech.”#1 Sm 21:8; 22:6ff.
I
3Why do you glory in what is evil, you who are mighty by the mercy of God?
All day long
4you are thinking up intrigues;
your tongue is like a sharpened razor,
you worker of deceit.#Ps 12:3; 59:8; 120:2–3; Sir 51:3.
5You love evil more than good,
lying rather than saying what is right.#Jer 4:22; Jn 3:19–20.
Selah
6You love all the words that create confusion,
you deceitful tongue.#Jer 9:4.
II
7God too will strike you down forever,
he will lay hold of you and pluck you from your tent,
uproot you from the land of the living.#Ps 27:13; 28:5; 56:14; Jb 18:14; Prv 2:22; Is 38:11.
Selah
8The righteous will see and they will fear;
but they will laugh at him:#Ps 44:14; 64:9.
9“Behold the man! He did not take God as his refuge,
but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth,
and grew powerful through his wickedness.”#Jb 31:24; Prv 11:28.
III
10But I, like an olive tree#Like an olive tree: the righteous will flourish in the house of God like a well-watered olive tree, cf. Ps 92:14; 128:3. flourishing in the house of God,#Ps 1:3; 92:12–14; Jer 11:16; 17:8.
I trust in God’s mercy forever and ever.
11I will thank you forever
for what you have done.
I will put my hope in your name—for it is good,#Ps 22:23; 26:12; 35:18; 149:1.
—in the presence of those devoted to you.
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