Psalm 52

¹Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?

God’s loving kindness endures continually.

²Your tongue plots destruction,

like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³You love evil more than good,

lying rather than speaking the truth.

⁴You love all devouring words,

you deceitful tongue.

⁵God will likewise destroy you forever.

He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent,

and root you out of the land of the living.

⁶The righteous also will see it, and fear,

and laugh at him, saying,

⁷“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength,

but trusted in the abundance of his riches,

and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

⁸But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house.

I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

⁹I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.

I will hope in your name, for it is good,

in the presence of your holy ones.