Psalm 52 52 Psalms Book 2 Russian Literal Text 1 GLT Why are you proud of making trouble, you mighty man? The covenant faithfulness of God comes 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 GLT Your tongue plans destruction like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. BSB BSB: Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
3 GLT You love evil more than good and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah BSB BSB: You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
4 GLT You love all words that devour others, you deceitful tongue. BSB BSB: You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
5 GLT God will likewise destroy you forever; he will take you up and pluck you out of your tent and root you out of the land of the living. Selah 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 GLT The righteous will also see it and fear; they will laugh at him and say, BSB BSB: The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
7 GLT “See, this is a man who did not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and he was strong when he destroyed others.” 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 GLT But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’ s house; I will trust in the covenant faithfulness of God forever and ever. 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 GLT I will give you thanks forever for what you have done. I will wait for your name, because it is good, in the presence of your faithful ones. 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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