Psalms 52:1-9
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Psalm 52
For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
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Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
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You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah
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You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue!
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Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at him, saying,
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“Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
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But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
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I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints.