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Psalms 52
Psalm 52
God Judges the Proud
For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, "David went to Ahimelech's house."(a)
1 Why brag about evil, you hero!(b)
God's faithful love is constant.(c)
2 Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.(d)
3 You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.(e)
4 You love any words that destroy,
you treacherous tongue!(f)
5 This 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.(g)
6 The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:(h)
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."[a](i)
8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;(j)
I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever.(k)
9 I 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.(l)
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