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Psalms 52
The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when (a)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your (b)tongue plots destruction,
like (c)a sharp razor, you (d)worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and (e)lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and (f)tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from (g)the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall (h)see and fear,
and shall (i)laugh at him, saying,
7 "See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but (j)trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!"[b]
8 But I am like (k)a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, (l)for it is good,
in the presence of the (m)godly.
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