the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 52
Futility of Boastful Wickedness.
For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of David, [b]when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
1 Why do you (a)boast in evil, O mighty man?
The (b)lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
2 Your tongue devises (c)destruction,
Like a (d)sharp razor, (e)O worker of deceit.
3 You (f)love evil more than good,
(g)Falsehood more than speaking what is right. [c]Selah.
4 You love all words that devour,
O (h)deceitful tongue.
5 [d]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and (i)tear you away from your tent,
And (j)uproot you from the (k)land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous will (l)see and fear,
And will (m)laugh at him, saying,
7 "Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But (n)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And (o)was strong in [e]his evil desire."
8 But as for me, I am like a (p)green olive tree in the house of God;
I (q)trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
9 I will (r)give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, (s)for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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