# Psalm 52 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” 
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1. Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. 
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2. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. 
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3. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah 
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4. You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. 
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5. But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah 
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6. The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying, 
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7. “See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!” 
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8. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. 
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9. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. 

(ESV)