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Psalm 52

^52:1 Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long. ^52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ^52:3 You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah) ^52:4 You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives. ^52:5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah) ^52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: ^52:7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector. He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.” ^52:8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God’s loyal love. ^52:9 I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.

^52:9 For the music director, according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David.