Psalm 52 52 Psalms Book 2 Unlocked Dynamic Bible Why Do You Boast of Evil? (1 Samuel 22:6–23)
1 UDB You proud man, you think that you are strong; you boast about the trouble that you make for others, but God faithfully protects people from you every day. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
2 UDB All during the day you plan to get rid of others; what you say is like a sharp blade, and you are always deceiving others. BSB BSB: Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
3 UDB You like doing what is evil more than you like doing what is good, and you like telling lies more than you like telling the truth. BSB BSB: You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
4 UDB You, the one who says things to deceive people, you like to say things that hurt people! BSB BSB: You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
5 UDB But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. BSB BSB: Surely 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
6 UDB When righteous people see that, they will be awestruck, and they will laugh at what happened to you, and say, BSB BSB: The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
7 UDB "Look what happened to the man who would not ask God to protect him; he trusted that his great wealth would save him; he grew more powerful by wickedly hurting other people." BSB BSB: “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
8 UDB But I am secure because I worship in God's temple; I am like a strong green olive tree. I trust in God, who faithfully loves us forever. BSB BSB: But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
9 UDB God, I will always thank you for everything you have done. I will wait patiently because you are so good, especially when I stand before your faithful people. BSB BSB: I 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.
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