Psalm 52

Why do you boast of wickedness,

you man of power and might?

Why boast all day, O you who are

disgraceful in God’s sight?

You plot destruction with your tongue,

so razor-sharp and keen.

You always work deceitfully;

you love things vile and mean.

You do not take delight in truth,

but in what’s false and wrong.

You love all harmful, evil words,

O you deceitful tongue!

But God will surely bring you down

to ruin and disgrace;

He will uproot you from your tent

and from your dwelling-place.

He’ll snatch you from the land of life

and carry you away.

The righteous, seeing this, will fear;

then they will laugh and say:

“This is the man who for his strength

on God did not rely;

He trusted in his wealth and power

to raise himself on high.”

But I am like an olive plant

in God’s house growing free;

I trust in God’s unfailing love

to all eternity.

I’ll praise you ever for your deeds;

my hope is in your name,

And in the presence of your saints

I will extol your fame.