Psalms 52:1-7 ▼

1 For the choir director. A Maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

3 You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living, Selah.

6 So that the righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying,

7 “Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his destruction.”