Psalm 52In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11. 52

₁Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?

Why do you boast all day long,

you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

₂You who practise deceit,

your tongue plots destruction;

it is like a sharpened razor.

₃You love evil rather than good,

falsehood rather than speaking the truth.

₄You love every harmful word,

you deceitful tongue!

₅Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:

he will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living.

₆The righteous will see and fear;

they will laugh at you, saying,

₇‘Here now is the man

who did not make God his stronghold

but trusted in his great wealth

and grew strong by destroying others!’

₈But I am like an olive tree

flourishing in the house of God;

I trust in God’s unfailing love

for ever and ever.

₉For what you have done I will always praise you

in the presence of your faithful people.

And I will hope in your name,

for your name is good.