Psalm 52

Names of God Bible

Psalm 52

For the choir director; a maskil; a psalm by David when Doeg (who was from Edom) told Saul that David had come to Ahimelech’s home.

¹Why do you brag about the evil you’ve done, you hero?
    The mercy of El lasts all day long!
²Your tongue makes up threats.
    It’s like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.
³You prefer evil to good.
    You prefer lying to speaking the truth. Selah
⁴You love every destructive accusation, you deceitful tongue!

⁵But El will ruin you forever.
    He will grab you and drag you out of your tent.
    He will pull your roots out of this world of the living. Selah
⁶        Righteous people will see this and be struck with fear.
        They will laugh at you and say,
⁷            “Look at this person who refused to make Elohim his fortress!
                Instead, he trusted his great wealth
                    and became strong through his greed.”

⁸But I am like a large olive tree in Elohim’s house.
    I trust the mercy of Elohim forever and ever.
⁹I will give thanks to you forever
    for what you have done.
    In the presence of your godly people,
        I will wait with hope in your good name.