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Psalms 52
Berean Standard Bible
Section headings and translator notes come from the publisher; they are reading aids, distinct from the Bible text.
Why Do You Boast of Evil?
Psalm subtitle:For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
Verse1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
Verse2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Verse3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.Selah
Verse4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
Verse5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah
Verse6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Verse7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Verse8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Verse9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
Translator notes (1)
- Subtitle: Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.