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52:1 [For the music director. A ①Maskil of David, ②when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”]
Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man?
The faithfulness of God endures all day long.
▷ ①Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ②1 Sam 22:9
52:2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
52:3 You love evil more than good,
Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah
52:4 You love all words that devour,
You deceitful tongue.
52:5 ①But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
▷ ①Or Also
52:6 The righteous will see and fear,
And they will laugh at him, saying,
52:7 “Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in ①his evil desire.”
▷ ①Or his destruction
52:8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.
52:9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man?
The faithfulness of God endures all day long.
▷ ①Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ②1 Sam 22:9
52:2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
52:3 You love evil more than good,
Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah
52:4 You love all words that devour,
You deceitful tongue.
52:5 ①But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
▷ ①Or Also
52:6 The righteous will see and fear,
And they will laugh at him, saying,
52:7 “Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in ①his evil desire.”
▷ ①Or his destruction
52:8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.
52:9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.