52:1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
52:2 Your tongue plots destruction it is like a sharpened razor, you who practise deceit.
52:3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah
52:4 You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!
52:5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
52:6 The righteous will see and fear they will laugh at him, saying,
52:7 Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!
52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
52:9 I will praise you for ever for what you have done in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.53 FOR THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. A MASKIL [TITLE: PROBABLY A LITERARY OR MUSICAL