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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 52 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/52.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/52-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Psalm 52</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/51.htm" title="Psalm 51">◄</a> Psalm 52 <a href="../psalms/53.htm" title="Psalm 53">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/52-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID, IN THE COMING IN OF DOEG THE EDOMITE, AND HE DECLARES TO SAUL AND SAYS TO HIM, “DAVID CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIMELECH.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your tongue devises mischiefs, "" Like a sharp razor, working deceit.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You have loved evil rather than good, "" Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You have loved all devouring words, "" O you deceitful tongue.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Also—God breaks you down forever, "" Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, "" And He has uprooted you "" Out of the land of the living. Selah.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the righteous see, "" And fear, and laugh at him.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, "" And trusts in the abundance of his riches, "" He is strong in his mischiefs.”<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And I, as a green olive in the house of God, "" I have trusted in the kindness of God, "" For all time and forever,<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I thank You for all time, because You have done [it], "" And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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