Psalm 52, NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
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1

Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
 

2

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
 

3

You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right.  Selah.
 

4

You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
 

5

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living.  Selah.
 

6

The righteous will see and fear,
And will laugh at him, saying,
 

7

“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in his evil desire.”
 

8

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
 

9

I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.