Psalm 52, side by side

¹For 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.

¹Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

²Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

²Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

³Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

⁴You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

⁴Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

⁵Surely 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

⁵God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

⁶The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

⁶The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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

⁷Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

⁸But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

⁸But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

⁹I 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.

⁹I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.