Psalm 52

Psalm 51 Psalm 53

Psalm 52 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil^[a] of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
    The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
²Your tongue plots destruction,
    like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
³You love evil more than good,
    and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
⁴You love all words that devour,
    O deceitful tongue.

⁵But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
⁶The righteous shall see and fear,
    and shall laugh at him, saying,
⁷“See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”^[b]

⁸But I am like a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.
⁹I will thank you forever,
    because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
    in the presence of the godly.

Footnotes:

Psalm 52:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 52

Psalm 52 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

Footnotes:

Cross references:

To the choirmaster. A Maskil^[a] of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”