Psa 52 | AB | STEP | Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in your mischief? All the day

Psalms 52

For the end, A Psalm of instruction by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has gone to the house of Abimelech.

1 Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in your mischief? All the day 2 your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have worked deceit. 3 You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. 4 You have loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue. 5 Therefore may God destroy you forever, may He pluck you up and utterly remove you from your dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. Pause. 6 And the righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say, 7 Behold, the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity. 8 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God; I have trusted in the mercy of God forever, even forevermore. 9 I will give thanks to You forever, for You have done it; and I will wait on Your name; for it is good before the saints.