Futility of Boastful Wickedness.
For the music director. A [a]Maskil of David, [b]when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you (A)boast in evil, you mighty man?
The (B)faithfulness of God endures all day long.
2 Your tongue devises (C)destruction,
Like a (D)sharp razor, (E)you worker of deceit.
3 You (F)love evil more than good,
(G)Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
You (H)deceitful tongue.
5 [c]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and (I)tear you away from your tent,
And (J)uproot you from the (K)land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous will (L)see and fear,
And they will (M)laugh at him, saying,
7 “Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But (N)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And (O)was strong in [d]his evil desire.”
8 But as for me, I am like a (P)green olive tree in the house of God;
I (Q)trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.
9 I will (R)praise You forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, (S)for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
Footnotes
- Psalm 52 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 52 Title 1 Sam 22:9
- Psalm 52:5 Or Also
- Psalm 52:7 Or his destruction
Cross references
- Psalm 52:1 : Ps 94:4
- Psalm 52:1 : Ps 52:8
- Psalm 52:2 : Ps 5:9
- Psalm 52:2 : Ps 57:4; 59:7
- Psalm 52:2 : Ps 101:7
- Psalm 52:3 : Ps 36:4
- Psalm 52:3 : Ps 58:3; Jer 9:5
- Psalm 52:4 : Ps 120:3
- Psalm 52:5 : Is 22:18, 19
- Psalm 52:5 : Prov 2:22
- Psalm 52:5 : Ps 27:13
- Psalm 52:6 : Ps 37:34; 40:3
- Psalm 52:6 : Job 22:19
- Psalm 52:7 : Ps 49:6
- Psalm 52:7 : Ps 10:6
- Psalm 52:8 : Ps 92:12; 128:3; Jer 11:16
- Psalm 52:8 : Ps 13:5
- Psalm 52:9 : Ps 30:12
- Psalm 52:9 : Ps 54:6