Psalms 52

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 For the leader. A maskil of David,	1 Unto the end, understanding for David,
2 when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, "David went to the house of Ahimelech."	2 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech
3 Why do you glory in evil, you scandalous liar? All day long	3 Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?
4 you plot destruction; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you skillful deceiver.	4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
5 You love evil rather than good, lies rather than honest speech. Selah	5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
6 You love any word that destroys, you deceitful tongue.	6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
7 Now God will strike you down, leave you crushed forever, Pluck you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living. Selah	7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.
8 The righteous will look on with awe; they will jeer and say:	8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:
9 "That one did not take God as a refuge, but trusted in great wealth, relied on devious plots."	9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.
10 But I, like an olive tree in the house of God, trust in God's faithful love forever.	10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
11 I will praise you always for what you have done. I will proclaim before the faithful that your name is good.	11 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.