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World English Bible

Psalm 52 (WEBP)

[1] Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
[2] Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
[3] You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
[4] You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
[5] God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
[6] The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
[7] “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
[8] But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
[9] I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 52 (KJVS)

[1] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endureth continually.
[2] Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
[3] Thou lovest evil more than good; And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
[4] Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
[5] God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
[6] The righteous also shall see, and fear, And shall laugh at him:
[7] Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; But trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
[8] But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
[9] I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: And I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Psalm 52:4 Or, and the deceitful tongue
Psalm 52:5 Heb. beat thee down
Psalm 52:7 Or, substance

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 52 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () συνέσεως () τῷ () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῷ () ἐλθεῖν () Δωηκ τὸν () Ιδουμαῖον καὶ () ἀναγγεῖλαι () τῷ () Σαουλ () καὶ () εἰπεῖν () αὐτῷ () Ἦλθεν () Δαυιδ () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () Αβιμελεχ. Τί () ἐγκαυχᾷ ἐν () κακίᾳ, () ὁ () δυνατός, () ἀνομίαν () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν; ()
[2] Ἀδικίαν () ἐλογίσατο () ἡ () γλῶσσά () σου· () ὡσεὶ () ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας () δόλον. ()
[3] Ἠγάπησας () κακίαν () ὑπὲρ () ἀγαθωσύνην, () ἀδικίαν () ὑπὲρ () τὸ () λαλῆσαι () δικαιοσύνην. () Διάψαλμα.
[4] Ἠγάπησας () πάντα () τὰ () ῥήματα () καταποντισμοῦ, γλῶσσαν () δολίαν. ()
[5] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ὁ () θεὸς () καθελεῖ () σε () εἰς () τέλος· () ἐκτίλαι σε () καὶ () μεταναστεύσαι σε () ἀπὸ () σκηνώματος () καὶ () τὸ () ῥίζωμά σου () ἐκ () γῆς () ζώντων. () Διάψαλμα.
[6] Καὶ () ὄψονται () δίκαιοι () καὶ () φοβηθήσονται () καὶ () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () γελάσονται () καὶ () ἐροῦσιν ()
[7] Ἰδοὺ () ἄνθρωπος, () ὃς () οὐκ () ἔθετο () τὸν () θεὸν () βοηθὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ἀλλ’ () ἐπήλπισεν ἐπὶ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τοῦ () πλούτου () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐδυναμώθη () ἐπὶ () τῇ () ματαιότητι () αὐτοῦ. ()
[8] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ὡσεὶ () ἐλαία () κατάκαρπος ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () ἤλπισα () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ἔλεος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () τοῦ () αἰῶνος. ()
[9] Ἐξομολογήσομαί () σοι () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα, () ὅτι () ἐποίησας, () καὶ () ὑπομενῶ () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου, () ὅτι () χρηστὸν () ἐναντίον () τῶν () ὁσίων () σου. ()

Psalm 52:1 Originally verses 51:1–3.
Psalm 52:2 Originally verse 51:4.
Psalm 52:3 Originally verse 51:5.
Psalm 52:4 Originally verse 51:6.
Psalm 52:5 Originally verse 51:7.
Psalm 52:6 Originally verse 51:8.
Psalm 52:7 Originally verse 51:9.
Psalm 52:8 Originally verse 51:10.
Psalm 52:9 Originally verse 51:11.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.