Psalm 52

¹⁷But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the Lord extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

⁴They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

⁷Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

⁴No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

¹⁴With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

²¹Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

¹⁶There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

⁴My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

³“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the Lord.

⁴“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

⁷See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

³“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the Lord.

⁴“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

⁴⁴You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

⁴traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

²⁵They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

¹⁵But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

²You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

³What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

⁶The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

⁷All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

¹⁸So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

¹⁹He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

²²but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

¹³Still I am certain to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

⁸But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

¹⁹Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

¹¹I said, “I will never again see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

⁹A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

¹⁹The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

³He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.

³⁴Wait for the Lord and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

⁴Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

²⁰Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

¹⁰The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹¹Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

⁵This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the Lord.

⁸As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

¹⁸Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

¹⁹How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

⁶They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

⁷No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

⁵When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

²⁴If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

²⁵if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

¹²The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

⁶His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

⁷They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

³He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

⁵But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

¹⁶The Lord once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

¹¹The Lord is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

²⁶It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

⁵I wait for the Lord; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

⁶My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.

²⁸But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

⁶Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.

⁵Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.