Psalms 52

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 For the leader. A maskil of David,	1 Unto the end. For Mahalath: the thoughts of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
2 when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, "David went to the house of Ahimelech."	2 They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.
3 Why do you glory in evil, you scandalous liar? All day long	3 God gazed down from heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
4 you plot destruction; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you skillful deceiver.	4 All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
5 You love evil rather than good, lies rather than honest speech. Selah	5 Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
6 You love any word that destroys, you deceitful tongue.	6 They have not called upon God. In that place, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who please men. They have been confounded, because God has spurned them.
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 Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.
8 The righteous will look on with awe; they will jeer and say:
9 "That one did not take God as a refuge, but trusted in great wealth, relied on devious plots."
10 But I, like an olive tree in the house of God, trust in God's faithful love forever.
11 I will praise you always for what you have done. I will proclaim before the faithful that your name is good.