Thematic Bible

Psalm 52:1

([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

Your tongue makes up wickedness. It is like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.

Psalm 52:3

You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth.

Psalm 52:4

You love words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

Psalm 52:5

God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.

Psalm 52:6

The righteous also sees, and fears, and laughs at him. They say:

Psalm 52:7

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

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

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.