TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A MASKIL OF DAVID, WHEN DOEG, THE EDOMITE, CAME AND TOLD SAUL, "DAVID HAS COME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH." Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
Psalms 52 : 2 (ESV)
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
Psalms 52 : 3 (ESV)
You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
Psalms 52 : 4 (ESV)
You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
Psalms 52 : 5 (ESV)
But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Psalms 52 : 6 (ESV)
The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 52 : 7 (ESV)
"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"
Psalms 52 : 8 (ESV)
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
Psalms 52 : 9 (ESV)
I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.