Psalms 52

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 [For the choirmaster Poem Of David When Doeg the Edomite went and warned Saul, 'David has goneto Abimelech's house'] Why take pride in being wicked, you champion in vil ainy, al day long	1 For the leader. A maskil of David,
2 plotting crime? Your tongue is razor-sharp, you artist in perfidy.	2 when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, "David went to the house of Ahimelech."
3 You prefer evil to good, lying to uprightness. Pause	3 Why do you glory in evil, you scandalous liar? All day long
4 You revel in destructive talk, treacherous tongue!	4 you plot destruction; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you skillful deceiver.
5 That is why God wil crush you, destroy you once and for all, snatch you from your tent, uproot youfrom the land of the living.Pause	5 You love evil rather than good, lies rather than honest speech. Selah
6 The upright wil be awestruck as they see it, they wil mock him,	6 You love any word that destroys, you deceitful tongue.
7 'So much for someone who would not place his reliance in God, but relied on his own great wealth,and made himself strong by crime.'	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
8 But I, like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God, put my trust in God's faithful love, for ever andever.	8 The righteous will look on with awe; they will jeer and say:
9 I shal praise you for ever for what you have done, and shal trust in your name, so ful of goodness, inthe presence of your faithful.	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.