Psalms 52-54

1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

2God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

3All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

6Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

1Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!

2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah

4Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

6Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.

7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.