To the Chief Musician. A contemplation. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endures forever.

52:2 Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

52:3 You love evil more than good, and lying more than to speak righteousness. Selah.

52:4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

52:5 God will likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

52:6 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

52:7 "Behold, the man who did not make God his stronghold, but trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness."

52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

52:9 I will praise You forever because You have done it; and I will wait on Your name, for it is good in the presence of Your saints.