Psalms 52:1 (BSB)
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.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Psalms 52:2 (BSB)
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalms 52:3 (BSB)
You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

Psalms 52:4 (BSB)
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Psalms 52:5 (BSB)
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

Psalms 52:6 (BSB)
The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

Psalms 52:7 (BSB)
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Psalms 52:8 (BSB)
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

Psalms 52:9 (BSB)
I 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.
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