Psalm 52
Why, O man of power, do you boast all the day long
: of mischief done to him that is faithful to God?
You contrive destroying slanders
: your tongue is like a sharpened razor, it cuts deceitfully.
You have loved evil, and not good
: to tell lies, rather than to speak the truth.
You love all words that may do hurt
: and every deceit of the tongue.
But God will destroy you utterly
: he will snatch you away and pluck you out of your dwelling,
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
The righteous shall see it, and fear
: they shall laugh you to scorn, and say,
‘Behold, this is the man who did not take God for his strength
: but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
and found his strength in slander.’
As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God
: I will trust in the goodness of God for ever and ever.
I will always give you thanks, for this was your doing
: I will glorify your name before the faithful,
for it is good to praise you.
Psalm 53
The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God’
: they have all become vile and abominable in their wickedness,
there is not one that does good.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men
: to see if there were any who would act wisely and seek after God.
But they have all turned aside, they have all alike become corrupt
: there is none that does good, no not one.
Are all the evildoers devoid of understanding
: who eat up my people as men eat bread, and do not pray to God?
They shall be struck with terror
: for God will scatter the bones of the ungodly.
They shall be put to confusion
: because God has rejected them.
O that deliverance for Israel might come forth from Zion
: when the Lord turns again the fortunes of his people,
then shall Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.