Zabur 52

For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by Dawud, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Talut, "Dawud has come to Abimelech's house."

¹Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?

God's loving kindness endures continually.

²Your tongue plots destruction,

Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³You love evil more than good,

Lying rather than speaking the truth.

Selah.

⁴You love all devouring words,

You deceitful tongue.

⁵God will likewise destroy you forever.

He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent,

And root you out of the land of the living.

Selah.

⁶The righteous also will see it, and fear,

And laugh at him, saying,

⁷"Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches,

And strengthened himself in his wickedness."

⁸But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house.

I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.

⁹I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.

I will hope in your name, for it is good,

In the presence of your saints.