Psalm 52 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible
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 H1984 (8691) thou thyself in mischief H7451, O mighty H1368 man? the goodness H2617 of God H410 [endureth] continually H3117.
[2] Thy tongue H3956 deviseth H2803 (8799) mischiefs H1942; like a sharp H3913 (8794) razor H8593, working H6213 (8802) deceitfully H7423.
[3] Thou lovest H157 (8804) evil H7451 more than good H2896; [and] lying H8267 rather than to speak H1696 (8763) righteousness H6664. Selah H5542.
[4] Thou lovest H157 (8804) all devouring H1105 words H1697, O [thou] deceitful H4820 tongue H3956.
[5] God H410 shall likewise destroy H5422 (8799) thee for ever H5331, he shall take thee away H2846 (8799), and pluck thee out H5255 (8799) of [thy] dwelling place H168, and root thee out H8327 (8765) of the land H776 of the living H2416. Selah H5542.
[6] The righteous H6662 also shall see H7200 (8799), and fear H3372 (8799), and shall laugh H7832 (8799) at him:
[7] Lo, [this is] the man H1397 [that] made H7760 (8799) not God H430 his strength H4581; but trusted H982 (8799) in the abundance H7230 of his riches H6239, [and] strengthened H5810 (8799) himself in his wickedness H1942.
[8] But I [am] like a green H7488 olive tree H2132 in the house H1004 of God H430: I trust H982 (8804) in the mercy H2617 of God H430 for ever H5769 and ever H5703.
[9] I will praise H3034 (8686) thee for ever H5769, because thou hast done H6213 (8804) [it]: and I will wait H6960 (8762) on thy name H8034; for [it is] good H2896 before thy saints H2623.
Young’s Literal Translation
Psalm 52 (YLT)
[1] What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.
[2] Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
[3] Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
[4] Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
[5] Also-God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
[6] And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
[7] ‘Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.’
[8] And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
[9] I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it, And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!