52:1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God {endures} all day long. |
52:2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. |
52:3 You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. |
52:4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. |
52:5 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. |
52:6 The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, {saying,} |
52:7 "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." |
52:8 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. |
52:9 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. |