<h3 class="verse-title pre-section multi-heading-header" data-title-ref='Ps.52.1'>PSALM 52</h3><h3 class="verse-title pre-section multi-heading" data-title-ref='Ps.52.1'>Futility of Boastful Wickedness.</h3><h3 class="verse-title pre-section multi-heading" data-title-ref='Ps.52.1'>For the music 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.”</h3><section class='section'><p data-ref='Ps.52.1' data-verse='1' class="poem"><sup>1</sup><f>[416]</f><f>[417]</f> <t>Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man?</t> <t>The faithfulness of God <i>endures</i> all day long.</t></p><p data-ref='Ps.52.2' data-verse='2' class="poem"><sup>2</sup><t>Your tongue devises destruction,</t> <t>Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.</t></p><p data-ref='Ps.52.3' data-verse='3' data-verse-split='3' class="poem"><sup>3</sup><t>You love evil more than good,</t> <t>Lies more than speaking what is right. </p></section><section class='section'><p data-ref='Ps.52.3' data-verse='3' data-verse-split='3' class="hide-sup poem"><sup>3</sup><i>Selah</i></t></p></section><section class='section'><p data-ref='Ps.52.4' data-verse='4' class="poem"><sup>4</sup><t>You love all words that devour,</t> <t>You deceitful tongue.</t></p><p data-ref='Ps.52.5' data-verse='5' data-verse-split='5' class="poem"><sup>5</sup><t><f>[418]</f>But God will break you down forever;</t> <t>He will snatch you up and tear you away from <i>your</i> tent,</t> <t>And uproot you from the land of the living. </p></section><section class='section'><p data-ref='Ps.52.5' data-verse='5' data-verse-split='5' class="hide-sup poem"><sup>5</sup><i>Selah</i></t></p></section><section class='section'><p data-ref='Ps.52.6' data-verse='6' class="poem"><sup>6</sup><t>The righteous will see and fear,</t> <t>And they will laugh at him, <i>saying,</i></t></p><p data-ref='Ps.52.7' data-verse='7' class="poem"><sup>7</sup><t>“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,</t> <t>But trusted in the abundance of his riches</t> <t><i>And</i> was strong in <f>[419]</f>his <i>evil</i> desire.”</t></p><p data-ref='Ps.52.8' data-verse='8' class="poem"><sup>8</sup><t>But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;</t> <t>I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.</t></p><p data-ref='Ps.52.9' data-verse='9' class="poem"><sup>9</sup><t>I will praise You forever, because You have done <i>it,</i></t> <t>And I will wait on Your name, for <i>it is</i> good, in the presence of Your godly ones.</t></p>

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Psalms 52:1-9 NASB20 - Bible AI

PSALM 52

Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

For the music 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.”