Psa 52 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster . A Maskil of David , when Doeg , the Edomite , came and told Saul , David has come to the house of Ahimelech . Why do you boast of evil , O mighty man ? The steadfast love of God endures all the day .

Psalms 52

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David, when ^bDoeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your ^ctongue plots destruction,
like ^da sharp razor, you ^eworker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and ^flying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and ^gtear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from ^hthe land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall ⁱsee and fear,
and shall ^jlaugh at him, saying,
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but ^ktrusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!” ^{▼▼Or in his work of destruction}
8 But I am like ^ma green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, ⁿfor it is good,
in the presence of the ^ogodly.

Psalms 52

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when bDoeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David, when ^bDoeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”