To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
[52:1] Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
[52:2] Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
[52:3] You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right.
[52:4] You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
[52:5] But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
[52:6] The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
[52:7] “See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
[52:8] But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
[52:9] I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.