Psalm 52

Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

¹Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man?

The faithfulness of God endures all day long.

²Your tongue devises destruction,

Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

³You love evil more than good,

Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah

⁴You love all words that devour,

You deceitful tongue.

⁵¶But God will break you down forever;[#52:5 Or Also]

He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,

And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

⁶The righteous will see and fear,

And they will laugh at him, saying,

⁷“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches

And was strong in his evil desire.”

⁸¶But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;

I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.

⁹I will praise You forever, because You have done it,

And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.