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Psalm 52  Legacy Standard Bible

I Trust in the Lovingkindness of God

For the choir director. A [a]Maskil of David. [b]When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

52 Why do you (A)boast in evil, O mighty man?
The (B)lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
2 Your tongue devises (C)destruction,
Like a (D)sharp razor, (E)O worker of deceit.
3 You (F)love evil more than good,
(G)Falsehood more than speaking what is right. [c]Selah.
4 You love all words that devour,
O (H)deceitful tongue.

5 [d]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and (I)tear you away from your tent,
And (J)uproot you from the (K)land of the living, Selah.
6 So that the righteous will (L)see and fear,
And will (M)laugh at him, saying,
7 “Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,
But (N)trusted in the abundance of his riches
And (O)was strong in his destruction.”

8 But as for me, I am like a (P)green olive tree in the house of God;
I (Q)trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
9 I will (R)give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will hope on Your name, (S)for it is good, in the presence of Your holy ones.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52 Title Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 52 Title 1 Sam 22:9
  3. Psalm 52:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  4. Psalm 52:5 Or Also

Cross references

  1. Psalm 52:1 : Ps 94:4
  2. Psalm 52:1 : Ps 52:8
  3. Psalm 52:2 : Ps 5:9
  4. Psalm 52:2 : Ps 57:4; 59:7
  5. Psalm 52:2 : Ps 101:7
  6. Psalm 52:3 : Ps 36:4
  7. Psalm 52:3 : Ps 58:3; Jer 9:5
  8. Psalm 52:4 : Ps 120:3
  9. Psalm 52:5 : Is 22:18, 19
  10. Psalm 52:5 : Prov 2:22
  11. Psalm 52:5 : Ps 27:13
  12. Psalm 52:6 : Ps 37:34; 40:3
  13. Psalm 52:6 : Job 22:19
  14. Psalm 52:7 : Ps 49:6
  15. Psalm 52:7 : Ps 10:6
  16. Psalm 52:8 : Ps 92:12; 128:3; Jer 11:16
  17. Psalm 52:8 : Ps 13:5
  18. Psalm 52:9 : Ps 30:12
  19. Psalm 52:9 : Ps 54:6
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