微读圣经

Psalm 52

God Judges the Proud

For the choir director. A Maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”52:0 1Sm 22:9

1Why boast about evil, you hero!52:1 Ps 94:4

God’s faithful love is constant.52:1 Ps 40:10–11; 138:2

2Like a sharpened razor,

your tongue devises destruction,

working treachery.52:2 Ps 5:9; 50:19; 59:7

3You love evil instead of good,

lying instead of speaking truthfully.52:3 Ps 58:3; Jr 9:4–5Selah

4You love any words that destroy,

you treacherous tongue!52:4 Ps 10:7; Pr 17:4

5This is why God will bring you down forever.

He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living.52:5 Ps 27:13; Pr 2:22Selah

6The righteous will see and fear,

and they will derisively say about that hero,52:6 Lit about him52:6 Jb 22:19–20; Ps 37:34

7“Here is the man

who would not make God his refuge,

but trusted in the abundance of his riches,

taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”52:7 Ps 10:6; 49:6; Pr 11:28

8But I am like a flourishing olive tree

in the house of God;52:8 Ps 1:3; 128:3; Jr 11:16

I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.52:8 Ps 143:8

9I will praise you forever for what you have done.

In the presence of your faithful people,

I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.52:9 Ps 30:12; 54:6

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