Psalm 52
52
The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil#52:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when #1 Sam. 22:9Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2Your #Ps. 50:19 tongue plots destruction,
like #[Ps. 57:4] a sharp razor, you #Ps. 101:7worker of deceit.
3You love evil more than good,
and #[Jer. 9:4, 5]lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and #Prov. 2:22 tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from #See Ps. 27:13the land of the living. Selah
6The righteous shall #See Ps. 40:3 see and fear,
and shall #See Ps. 2:4laugh at him, saying,
7“See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but #See Ps. 49:6trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”#52:7 Or in his work of destruction
8But I am like #Jer. 11:16; [Ps. 1:3; 37:35; 92:12, 13; 128:3; 144:12; Hos. 14:6]a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, #Ps. 54:6 for it is good,
in the presence of the #See Ps. 50:5godly.
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Psalms 52
52
For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of David, concerning the time when Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the home of Ahimelech.”
1You great man, why do you boast about the evil things you've done? God's trustworthy love lasts all day long.#52:1 “God's trustworthy love lasts all day long.” This is the meaning of the Hebrew text but the thought seems out of place here.
2You plot to make people suffer; your words cut like a sharp razor, you liar!
3You love evil more than good, and telling lies more than speaking the truth. Selah.
4You love slanderous words that destroy others, you liar!
5But God will strike you down so hard you'll never get up. He will grab hold of you and drag you from your tent. He will tear you out of the land of the living. Selah.
6Those who do right will see all this. They will be astonished and laugh, saying,
7“See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”
8But I'm like an olive tree growing strongly in God's house. I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.
9I will praise you forever, God, for all you have done. In the presence of your trustworthy people, I will place my hope in the kind of person you are,#52:9. Literally, “in your name.” for you are good.
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