Thematic Bible
Psalm 52:1 (show verse)
([Psalm of David]) Why do you brag about the evil you have done, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually!
Psalm 52:2 (show verse)
Your tongue makes up wickedness. It is like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.
Psalm 52:3 (show verse)
You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth.
Psalm 52:4 (show verse)
You love words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
Psalm 52:5 (show verse)
God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.
Psalm 52:6 (show verse)
The righteous also sees, and fears, and laughs at him. They say:
Psalm 52:7 (show verse)
Here is the man who did not make God his strength (refuge) (stronghold). He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalm 52:8 (show verse)
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy and loving kindness of God forever and ever.
Psalm 52:9 (show verse)
I will thank you forever for what you have done. I will wait in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your holy (God-like) ones.