The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when (A)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your (B)tongue plots destruction,
like (C)a sharp razor, you (D)worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and (E)lying 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 and (F)tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from (G)the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall (H)see and fear,
and shall (I)laugh at him, saying,
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but (J)trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
8 But I am like (K)a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, (L)for it is good,
in the presence of the (M)godly.
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:1
- Psalm 52:7
Cross references
- Psalm 52:1 : 1 Sam. 22:9
- Psalm 52:2 : Ps. 50:19
- Psalm 52:2 : [Ps. 57:4]
- Psalm 52:2 : Ps. 101:7
- Psalm 52:3 : [Jer. 9:4, 5]
- Psalm 52:5 : Prov. 2:22
- Psalm 52:5 : See Ps. 27:13
- Psalm 52:6 : See Ps. 40:3
- Psalm 52:6 : See Ps. 2:4
- Psalm 52:7 : See Ps. 49:6
- Psalm 52:8 : Jer. 11:16; [Ps. 1:3; 37:35; 92:12, 13; 128:3; 144:12; Hos. 14:6]
- Psalm 52:9 : Ps. 54:6
- Psalm 52:9 : See Ps. 50:5
