52:1 Why do you boast about your evil plans,1 O powerful man?
God’s loyal love protects me all day long!2
52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans;3
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.4
52:3 You love evil more than good,
lies more than speaking the truth.5 (Selah)
52:4 You love to use all the words that destroy,6
and the tongue that deceives.
52:5 Yet7 God will make you a permanent heap of ruins.8
He will scoop you up9 and remove you from your home;10
he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,
and will mock the evildoer, saying:11
52:7 “Look, here is the man who would not make12 God his protector!
He trusted in his great wealth
and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”13
52:8 But I14 am like a flourishing15 olive tree in the house of God;
I continually16 trust in God’s loyal love.
52:9 I will continually17 thank you when18 you execute judgment;19
I will rely20 on you,21 for your loyal followers know you are good.22
Psalm 5323
For the music director; according to the machalath style;24 a well-written song25 by David.