Psalms 52
52
(A special psalm by David for the music leader. He wrote this when Doeg from Edom went to Saul and said, “David has gone to Ahimelech's house.”)
God Is in Control
1 #
1 S 22.9,10. You people may be strong
and brag about your sins,
but God can be trusted
day after day.
2You plan brutal crimes,
and your lying words cut
like a sharp razor.
3You would rather do evil
than good, and tell lies
than speak the truth.
4You love to say cruel things,
and your words are a trap.
5God will destroy you forever!
He will grab you and drag you
from your homes.
You will be uprooted
and left to die.
6When good people see
this fearsome sight,
they will laugh and say,
7“Just look at them now!
Instead of trusting God,
they trusted their wealth
and their cruelty.”
8But I am like an olive tree
growing in God's house,
and I can count on his love
forever and ever.
9I will always thank God
for what he has done;
I will praise his good name
when his people meet.
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Psalm 52
52
The Futility of Boastful Wickedness
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Do´eg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahim´elech.#1 Sam 22.9,10.
1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endureth continually.
2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs;
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3Thou lovest evil more than good;
and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever,
he shall take thee away,
and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place,
and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6The righteous also shall see, and fear,
and shall laugh at him:
7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God:
I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9I will praise thee for ever,
because thou hast done it:
and I will wait on thy name;
for it is good before thy saints.
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