Psalm 52 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 52

Judgment on the Deceitful

To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1Why do you boast, O mighty one,
    of mischief done against the godly?[a]
    All day long 2you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
    you worker of treachery.
3You love evil more than good,
    and lying more than speaking the truth.Selah
4You love all words that devour,
    O deceitful tongue.

5But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah
6The righteous will see, and fear,
    and will laugh at the evildoer,[b] saying,
7“See the one who would not take
    refuge in God,
but trusted in abundant riches,
    and sought refuge in wealth!”[c]

8But I am like a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.
9I will thank you forever,
    because of what you have done.
In the presence of the faithful
    I will proclaim[d] your name, for it is good.

Footnotes

Psalm 52:1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb the kindness of God
Psalm 52:6 Heb him
Psalm 52:7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction
Psalm 52:9 Cn: Heb wait for

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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