Psalm 52
Prayer for Help against Calumniators
1 For the director. A maskil of David. 2 When Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
3 Why do you boast of your evil deeds,
you champion of malice?
All day long 4 you plot harm;
your tongue is like a sharpened razor,
you master of deceit.
5 You love evil rather than good,
and lies rather than truthful speech. Selah
6 You wallow in destructive talk,
you tongue of deceit.
7 This is the reason why God will crush you
and destroy you once and for all.
He will snatch you from your tent
and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
8 The righteous will see and be afraid;
they will mock him:
9 “This is the man
who refused to accept God as his refuge.
Rather, he placed his trust in his abundant riches
and gathered strength by his crimes.”
10 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I place my trust forever and ever
in the kindness of God.
11 I will praise you forever
for what you have done,
and in the presence of the saints
I will proclaim the goodness of your name.
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:1
- Psalm 52:1
- Psalm 52:3
- Psalm 52:5
- Psalm 52:7
- Psalm 52:7
- Psalm 52:10
- Psalm 52:10
- Psalm 52:11
