Psalms 52:1-7 ▼

1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David (beloved). After Doeg (fearing) the Edomite went to Saul (desired) and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech (my brother is king).” 1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

5 Surely 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

6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

7 “Look at the man who did not make God {Elohim} his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”