| Chapter 52 |
1 | To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day. |
2 | Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. |
3 | Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. |
4 | Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. |
5 | Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah. |
6 | And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him. |
7 | 'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.' |
8 | And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever, |
9 | I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints! |