Psalm 52

Translated from the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Tap a verse to see why it reads as it does. Tap a small letter to read its footnote.

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The boaster and the olive tree

¹For the music director. A maskil of David, ²when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul, telling him, “David has gone to Ahimelech’s house.” ³Why brag about evil, you mighty warrior? God’s loyal love goes on all day long. ⁴Your tongue devises ruin; it cuts like a honed razor, you schemer of lies. ⁵You prefer evil to good, and a lie to an honest word. Selah ⁶You love every word that devours, you lying tongue. ⁷But God will bring you down for good; he will seize you and drag you out of your tent, and pull you up by the roots from the land of the living. Selah ⁸The righteous will see it and be filled with awe; they will laugh at him and say, ⁹“Look at the man who would not take God as his fortress! He relied on his great wealth and looked for safety in the ruin he caused.” ¹⁰I, though, am like an olive tree in full leaf in God’s house; I rely on God’s loyal love forever and ever. ¹¹I will thank you forever for what you have done; before your loyal people I will wait in hope on your name, because it is good.