Psalm 52

¹You tyrant, why do you boast of wickedness *against the godly all day long?

²You plot ruin; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, *O worker of deception.

³You love evil more than good *and lying more than speaking the truth.

⁴You love all words that hurt, *O you deceitful tongue.

⁵Oh, that God would demolish you utterly, *topple you, and snatch you from your dwelling, and root you out of the land of the living!

⁶The righteous shall see and tremble, *and they shall laugh at him, saying,

⁷“This is the one who did not take God for a refuge, *but trusted in great wealth and relied upon wickedness.”

⁸But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; *I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

⁹I will give you thanks for what you have done *and declare the goodness of your Name in the presence of the godly.