Thematic Bible

Psalm 52:1

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.

Psalm 52:2

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

Psalm 52:3

You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah

Psalm 52:4

You love any words that destroy,
you treacherous tongue!

Psalm 52:5

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Psalm 52:6

The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:

Psalm 52:7

“Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

Psalm 52:9

I will praise You forever for what You have done.
In the presence of Your faithful people,
I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.