52
Futility of Boastful Wickedness.
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 Aboast in evil, O mighty man?
The Blovingkindness of God endures all day long.
Your tongue devises Adestruction,
Like a Bsharp razor, CO worker of deceit.
You Alove evil more than good,
BFalsehood more than speaking what is right. 1
Selah.
You love all words that devour,
O Adeceitful tongue.
1But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and Atear you away from your tent,
And Buproot you from the Cland of the living.
Selah.
The righteous will Asee and fear,
And will Blaugh at him, saying,
Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But Atrusted in the abundance of his riches
And Bwas strong in 1his evil desire.”
But as for me, I am like a Agreen olive tree in the house of God;
I Btrust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
I will Agive You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, Bfor it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
52: Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm 52: 1 Sam 22:9 A 52:1 Ps 94:4 B 52:1 Ps 52:8 A 52:2 Ps 5:9 B 52:2 Ps 57:4; 59:7 C 52:2 Ps 101:7 A 52:3 Ps 36:4 B 52:3 Ps 58:3; Jer 9:5 1 52:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude A 52:4 Ps 120:3 1 52:5 Or Also A 52:5 Is 22:18, 19 B 52:5 Prov 2:22 C 52:5 Ps 27:13 A 52:6 Ps 37:34; 40:3 B 52:6 Job 22:19 A 52:7 Ps 49:6 B 52:7 Ps 10:6 1 52:7 Or his destruction A 52:8 Ps 92:12; 128:3; Jer 11:16 B 52:8 Ps 13:5 A 52:9 Ps 30:12 B 52:9 Ps 54:6