PSALM 1952

The Deceitful Tongue

1 For the leader. A maskil of David,
2 when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul,
"David went to the house of Ahimelech."

3 Why do you glory in evil, you scandalous liar?
All day long

4 you plot destruction; your tongue is like a sharpened razor,
you skillful deceiver.

5 You love evil rather than good,
lies rather than honest speech. Selah

6 You love any word that destroys,
you deceitful tongue.

7 Now God will strike you down,
leave you crushed forever, Pluck you from your tent,
uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

8 The righteous will look on with awe;
they will jeer and say:

9 "That one did not take God as a refuge,
but trusted in great wealth, relied on devious plots."

10 But I, like an olive tree in the house of God,
trust in God's faithful love forever.

11 I will praise you always for what you have done.
I will proclaim before the faithful that your name is good.