52:1 Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The fool said in his heart: There is no God.

52:2 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

52:3 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

52:4 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

52:5 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

52:6 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

52:7 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

52:8 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.