Psalm 52^[a]

For the director of music. A maskil^[b] of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

¹ Why 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?² You who practice deceit,your tongue plots destruction;it is like a sharpened razor.³ You love evil rather than good,falsehood rather than speaking the truth.^[c]4 You love every harmful word,you deceitful tongue!

⁵ Surely 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.⁶ The righteous will see and fear;they will laugh at you, saying,⁷ “Here now is the manwho did not make God his strongholdbut trusted in his great wealthand grew strong by destroying others!”

⁸ But I am like an olive treeflourishing in the house of God;I trust in God’s unfailing lovefor ever and ever.⁹ For what you have done I will always praise youin the presence of your faithful people.And I will hope in your name,for your name is good.