Psalm 52

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

1. To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” 1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? 1 The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

2. Your tongue plots destruction, 2 like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

3. You love evil more than good, 3 and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

4. You love all words that devour, 4 O deceitful tongue.

5. But God will break you down forever; 5 he will snatch and tear you from your tent; 5 he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

6. The righteous shall see and fear, 6 and shall laugh at him, saying,

7. “See the man who would not make 7 God his refuge, 7 but trusted in the abundance of his riches 7 and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[b]

8. But I am like a green olive tree 8 in the house of God. 8 I trust in the steadfast love of God 8 forever and ever.

9. I will thank you forever, 9 because you have done it. 9 I will wait for your name, for it is good, 9 in the presence of the godly.

Footnotes:
a. Psalm 52:1: Probably a musical or liturgical term
b. Psalm 52:7: Or in his work of destruction