Psalm 52

¹  Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?
    God’s loving kindness endures continually.
² Your tongue plots destruction,
    like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
³ You love evil more than good,
    lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
⁴ You love all devouring words,
    you deceitful tongue.
⁵ God will likewise destroy you forever.
    He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent,
    and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
⁶ The righteous also will see it, and fear,
    and laugh at him, saying,
⁷ “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength,
    but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
    and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
⁸ But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house.
    I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
⁹ I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.
    I will hope in your name, for it is good,
    in the presence of your saints.

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