Psalm 52 | Liturgical Calendar

1

You tyrant, why do you boast of wickedness *

against the godly all day long?

2

You plot ruin;

your tongue is like a sharpened razor, *

O worker of deception.

3

You love evil more than good *

and lying more than speaking the truth.

4

You love all words that hurt, *

O you deceitful tongue.

5

Oh, that God would demolish you utterly, *

topple you, and snatch you from your dwelling,

and root you out of the land of the living!

6

The righteous shall see and tremble, *

and they shall laugh at him, saying,

7

“This is the one who did not take God for a refuge, *

but trusted in great wealth

and relied upon wickedness.”

8

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; *

I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

9

I will give you thanks for what you have done *

and declare the goodness of your Name in the presence of the godly.