LHC Midday Word: PSALM Fifty Two

Thursday, 11 December 2025

PSALM Fifty Two

For the director of music. A maskil of David.

When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: ‘David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.’
1
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
    Why do you boast all day long,
    you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2
You who practise deceit,
    your tongue plots destruction;
    it is like a sharpened razor.
3
You love evil rather than good,
    falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
4
You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!
5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    he will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6
The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh at you, saying,
7
‘Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
    and grew strong by destroying others!’
8
But I am like an olive tree
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.
9
For what you have done I will always praise you
    in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
    for your name is good.