New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)
Psalm
Psalm, 52
To the director. Masʹkil.*1 Of David, when Doʹeg the Eʹdom·ite came and told Saul that David had come to the house of A·himʹe·lech.
1 Why do you boast about your evil acts, you mighty one? The loyal love of God lasts all day long.
2 Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, Schemes harm and works deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than what is good, Lying more than speaking what is right. (Selah)
4 You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!
5 That is why God will pull you down once and for all; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
6 The righteous ones will see it and be filled with awe, And they will laugh at him.
7 “Here is a man who did not make God his refuge,*1 But he trusted in his great riches And relied on*2 his own evil plots.”*3
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8 But I will be like a luxuriant olive tree in God’s house; My trust is in God’s loyal love, forever and ever.
9 I will praise you forever because you have taken action; In the presence of your loyal ones, I will hope in your name, for it is good.