Psalm 52
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1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.1Why boast about evil, you hero! God's faithful love is constant.
2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.2Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah3You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah
4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.4You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!
5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah5This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,6The righteous will see and fear, and they will derisively say about that hero,
7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”7"Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior."
8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever.
9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.9I will praise you forever for what you have done. In the presence of your faithful people, I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.
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Psalm 51
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