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A Maskil<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span> Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? <p class="indent2"> The loving devotion of God endures all day long. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your tongue devises destruction <p class="indent2"> like a sharpened razor, <p class="indent2"> O worker of deceit. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You love evil more than good, <p class="indent2"> falsehood more than speaking truth. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You love every word that devours, <p class="indent2"> O deceitful tongue. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; <p class="indent2"> He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; <p class="indent2"> He will uproot you from the land of the living. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The righteous will see and fear; <p class="indent2"> they will mock the evildoer, saying, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Look at the man <p class="indent2"> who did not make God his refuge, <p class="indent1"> but trusted in the abundance of his wealth <p class="indent2"> and strengthened himself by destruction.” <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But I am like an olive tree <p class="indent2"> flourishing in the house of God; <p class="indent1"> I trust in the loving devotion of God <p class="indent2"> forever and ever. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/52-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will praise You forever, <p class="indent2"> because You have done it. <p class="indent1"> I will wait on Your name—<p class="indent2"> for it is good—<p class="indent2"> in the presence of Your saints.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Maskil</i> is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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