תהילים 52

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

For the leader. A maskil of David,

בְּב֤וֹא ׀ דּוֹאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִי֮ וַיַּגֵּ֢ד לְשָׁ֫א֥וּל וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֑וֹ בָּ֥א דָ֝וִ֗ד אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אֲחִימֶֽלֶךְ׃

when Doeg the Edomite came and informed Saul, telling him, “David came to Ahimelech’s house.”^aCf. 1 Sam. 22.9ff.

מַה־תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל בְּ֭רָעָה הַגִּבּ֑וֹר חֶ֥סֶד אֵ֝֗ל כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

Why do you boast of your evil, brave fellow?
God’s faithfulness never ceases.^bnever ceases Lit. “is all the day.”

הַ֭וּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁ֣ב לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָ כְּתַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

Your tongue devises mischief,
like a sharpened razor that works treacherously.

אָהַ֣בְתָּ רָּ֣ע מִטּ֑וֹב שֶׁ֓קֶר ׀ מִדַּבֵּ֖ר צֶ֣דֶק סֶֽלָה׃

You prefer evil to good,
the lie, to speaking truthfully.    Selah.

אָהַ֥בְתָּ כׇֽל־דִּבְרֵי־בָ֗לַע לְשׁ֣וֹן מִרְמָֽה׃

You love all pernicious words,
treacherous speech.

גַּם־אֵל֮ יִתׇּצְךָ֢ לָ֫נֶ֥צַח יַחְתְּךָ֣ וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ מֵאֶ֖רֶץ חַיִּ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃

So God will tear you down for good,
will break you and pluck you from your tent,
and root you out of the land of the living.    Selah.

וְיִרְא֖וּ צַדִּיקִ֥ים וְיִירָ֗אוּ וְעָלָ֥יו יִשְׂחָֽקוּ׃

The righteous, seeing it, will be awestruck;
they will jibe at you,^cyou Heb. “him.” saying,

הִנֵּ֤ה הַגֶּ֗בֶר לֹ֤א יָשִׂ֥ים אֱלֹהִ֗ים מָ֫עוּזּ֥וֹ וַ֭יִּבְטַח בְּרֹ֣ב עׇשְׁר֑וֹ יָ֝עֹ֗ז בְּהַוָּתֽוֹ׃

“Here was a fellow who did not make God his refuge,
but trusted in his great wealth,
relied upon his mischief.”

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ כְּזַ֣יִת רַ֭עֲנָן בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּטַ֥חְתִּי בְחֶסֶד־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

But I am like a thriving olive tree in God’s house;
I trust in the faithfulness of God forever and ever.

אוֹדְךָ֣ לְ֭עוֹלָם כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֑יתָ וַאֲקַוֶּ֥ה שִׁמְךָ֥ כִי־ט֝֗וֹב נֶ֣גֶד חֲסִידֶֽיךָ׃ {פ}

I praise You forever, for You have acted;
I declare that Your name is good^dI declare that Your name is good Meaning of Heb. uncertain; in contrast to others “I will wait for Your name for it is good.”
in the presence of Your faithful ones.